According to transportation officials, Honda Motor Co. has agreed to pay the U.S. government $70 million for its failure to provide reports of hundreds of injuries, deaths and other consumer claims involving its cars.
It’s obvious that you can suffer serious injuries during a car accident. Here’s a list of the most frequent injuries that can occur.
A wrongful death lawsuit can be brought against someone who has caused another person’s death either through negligence or through intentional harm.
“Whiplash” is used to describe a range of neck injuries. It’s used most commonly in rear-end car accidents, but can result from other incidents.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, on average, a pedestrian death occurs every 2 hours and another pedestrian-related injury occurs every 8 minutes.
Bus accidents often result in personal injury cases. There are various ways that you can be injured in such type of case – either as a passenger or fellow motorist through driver negligence, or through bus malfunction.
Although popular belief would seem otherwise, pedestrians do not always have the right of way when crossing streets. This is a key aspect to avoiding pedestrian accidents.
While buses are a fairly safe mode of transportation, dozens of people are still injured in bus accidents every year. There are claims that are specific to bus accidents, and you’ll need to know your rights if you are involved in this type of accident.
Many serious personal injuries can occur as a result of dangerous car accidents. Injuries are caused by many things, such as the impact of slamming into part of the vehicle you are riding in, being hit directly from the other vehicle, or being hit by unsecured cargo.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), each year car accidents kill more than 35,000 people in the nation.