In The News

7/18/2006: Full article
Two workers at Six Flags Fiesta Texas were severely burned on the job during an explosion that occurred in May of 2006. The workers are suing the theme park and the contractor for their failure to safeguard the men from incurring personal injury while on the job. The personal injury lawsuit claims negligence on the part of the theme park and the contractor, stating that the workers were not adequately protected from harm while performing their job.

6/26/2006: Full article (link no longer active)
After purchasing Guidant Corp. in April 2006 for $27 Billion, Boston Scientific Corp. has been forced to recall additional Guidant defibrillator and pacemaker models. In addition to inheriting its popular line of cardiovascular medical devices, Boston Scientific Corp. also inherited Guidant's significant liabilities related to its defective products. Devices affected by this most recent Guidant recall include Insignia and Nexus pacemakers; Ventak Prizm 2, Vitality and Vitality 2 cardioverter defibrillators; and Contak Renewal TR/TR2 cardiac resynchronization devices.

3/23/2006: Full article
Although seat belts have been required in vehicles manufactured since 1998, 56 percent of persons killed in auto accidents in 2003 were not wearing seat belts.

3/16/2006: Full article
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has released the vehicle rollover and crash test ratings for 42 vehicles from the model year 2006.

3/14/2006: Full article
Chrysler has opened an investigation into more than 800,000 vehicles that potentially could have flawed airbag sensors. These flaws could lead to serious personal injuries in auto accidents due to a delay in their activation.

3/07/2006: Full article
The U.S Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) has recently outlined six areas of research that they believe should be included in the National Occupational Research Agenda. The CSB proposal was submitted to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) in a continued effort to minimize the number of occupational accidents.

3/01/2006: Full article
Ten innocent lives are lost as a result of one commercial trucker's irresponsible driving habits. While there is no question of the value associated with the commercial trucking industry, there are many questions surrounding the regulation of the drivers operating the 18-wheel big-rigs that are capable of causing so much harm on the road.

2/23/2006: Full article
DPS checkpoints inspect commercial trucking vehicles for safety compliance in an effort to prevent commercial trucking accidents throughout Texas. Poor maintenance or safety measures of big-rigs have been responsible for altogether too many accidents in throughout Texas and the United States. This latest move by Texas State Troopers signals a conscious effort to ensure that commercial truck drivers abide by state and federal regulations.

1/10/2006: Full article
A new roof crush rule proposed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has come under fire based on the belief that the single static roof test used in the proposal will potentially increase the number of rollover casualties caused by roof collapse.

1/09/2006: Full article
In a recent test conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), most SUVs and every pickup truck tested failed to register a passing score based on passenger whiplash protection for rear-end collisions. Four of the five SUVs and all 15 pickup trucks tested were rated as providing marginal or poor passenger whiplash protection.

1/08/2006: Full article
Without providing any real evidence, detractors of the current state of the "tort" legal system believe that tort litigation is responsible for causing severe economic fallout. The truth of the matter is that opponents tend to exaggerate the cost of tort litigation while ignoring its many benefits.

11/14/2005: Full article [ pdf 86Kb ]
The National Transportation Safety Board has reported that high number of single vehicle accidents with 15-passenger vans, many of them rollovers.

11/10/2005 Full article
Ralph Nader, a well known automobile safety consumer advocate, demands better standards for vehicle roof strength.

10/27/05 Full article
One of the worst train accidents in the country happened in San Antonio on June 28th, 2004. A train car carrying deadly chlorine gas derailed spilling the gas and killing four people in southwest Bexar County. The former engineer, who was driving the train during the accident, is suing Union Pacific for wrongful termination.

10/27/05 Full article
For the second time in less than six months, Ford has had to announce a massive recall of some of their most popular pick-ups and SUV's. Ford has admitted that the leaking brake fluid is causing corrosion of the cruise control switch of its vehicles. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says they have received over 550 complaints of engine fires causing garages and homes to burn.

10/15/05 Full article
Fatal Crash: Texas has led the nation in the number of driving-while-intoxicated fatalities for a number of years, and San Antonio has been ranked as high as the No. 1 city for DWI fatalities. You are more likely to be killed by a drunken driver in San Antonio than anywhere else, but you'll never hear that in the media.

9/28/05 Full article
NHTSA has released its list of model year 2006 Vehicles for Crash and Rollover Testing. A total of 41 passenger cars, 21 sport utility vehicles, five vans, and 10 pickups from the model year 2006 will be subjected to frontal and side crash safety tests.

8/17/05 Full article
Ford Motor Company is sued again over Door Latch Defects; the lawsuit accuses Ford of making faulty door latches that, according to a published report, have figured in a number of fatalities. A Canadian law firm filed suit against Ford Tuesday on behalf of a northern Ontario resident, the Associated Press reported.

The attorneys of the law offices of Pat Maloney are San Antonio personal injury lawyers who protect victims of commercial trucking accidents, auto accidents, medical malpractice and defective products. They can also help with crashworthiness issues related to defective automobiles which include SUV rollover, roof crush, defective airbags and defective seat belts.