Alabama has had a fraught history with electronic scooter rentals. At one point, you needed a motorcycle license to ride one. There is still areas where they are not allowed. Yet they are available, and it is likely they will continue to be. One thing that is clear is...
When you take an over-the-counter supplement, you assume it’s safe of it wouldn’t be allowed on the market. Unfortunately, some supplements are made using pharmaceutical drugs that are approved in other countries but not the U.S. Moreover, they are often present in...
This week is National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)’s Child Passenger Safety Week. The focus of the week is on two important issues: child car seats and leaving kids in hot cars. According to NHTSA, most parents are confident that their child car seats...
Under the law of product liability, anyone in the chain of commerce may be held liable for a defective product that injures someone. That means not only the manufacturer of the defective product but also the distributer, retailer and anyone else involved in the sale....
Wood alcohol, or methanol, can be absorbed through the skin -- and it can be toxic enough to cause blindness. If it is ingested, it can be lethal. A rush of new brands of hand sanitizer has hit the market since March and, unfortunately, some of them contain wood...
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) is an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to reducing losses from motor vehicle crashes. Recently, it performed an analysis of the potential for in-vehicle alcohol detection systems and found that these...
Several cars from Hyundai’s 2011 and 2012 model years are being recalled due to a fire risk from the 12-volt accessory outlet, which used to be used for a cigarette lighter. In lieu of a spare tire, the vehicles were equipped with a “tire mobility kit” containing tire...
This is the story of one of the police shooting cases the attorneys of Marsh Rickard & Bryan are handling: On April 24, 2014, Aubrey Williams was complying with a police officer’s command to get on the ground. Once Williams was on his hands and knees the officer...
Individuals might automatically assume that the drivers of emergency vehicles can avoid accidents as if by second nature. These are professional drivers, after all, who are highly trained to quickly reach crisis situations and – in the case of ambulance drivers –...
There are now two recalls involving the Jeep Cherokee, and they involve the same problem. The power transfer unit (PTU), an important element of the optional all-wheel-drive system in affected vehicles may not be able to maintain a connection between the transmission...
