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Honda Recalls Nearly 250,000 Vehicles Due To Risk Of Fire
Honda recently issued a recall for some of its models. The recall affects nearly 250,000 vehicles, including some from the automaker’s luxury Acura line, for potential engine damage that can render the vehicles undrivable, posing a risk of a fire, crash, and/or injury. Affected Honda…
Nhtsa Investigates 709,000 Ford Vehicles At Risk Of Catastrophic Engine Failure
The U.S. Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently escalated its investigation of 709,000 Ford vehicles to an engineering analysis, which is one next step closer to issuing a recall. The vehicles are at risk of catastrophic engine failure under normal driving…
Class Action Filed Alleging Inaccurate Lyme Disease Home Test
A class action lawsuit has been filed, which alleges that LetsGetChecked, an at-home test for Lyme disease, is inaccurate, deceives customers, and violates consumer protection laws. The at-home test is sold online and advertises that results “can indicate the presence of Lyme disease.” The customer…
Lenscrafters To Pay $39 Million Over Accufit Claims
LensCrafters recently settled a lawsuit filed by prescription eyeglass customers for $39 million. The plaintiffs alleged that the eyewear chain misled them about how well its Accufit technology could measure their eyes. LensCrafters was accused of violating consumer protection laws for claiming that Accufit was five…
Pedestrian Deaths At Highest Level In 41 Years
At least 7,508 pedestrians were struck and killed by a vehicle in 2022 according to a recently published report by the Governors Highway Safety Association. This number represents a troubling trend because over the past decade, from 2010 – 2021, pedestrian deaths increased 77 percent,…
Two Killed in Fire Caused by E-Scooter’s Lithium-Ion Battery
Recently, a 5-year-old girl and a 36-year-old woman were killed in an apartment fire that was sparked by the lithium-ion battery from an electric scooter. The child’s father survived the fire but went to the hospital in critical condition. Lithium-ion batteries from electronic bikes and…
Texas Highways are the Test Grounds for Driverless 18-Wheelers
While the driverless car phenomenon continues to gain traction across the nation with innovative cars like Tesla, these same technologies are now being tested for use in the commercial transportation industry. The growing strains on the transportation industry and supply-chain shortages exacerbated by the COVID…
Peloton Treadmill Involved In Death of Child
Treadmill manufacturer Peloton recently acknowledged that one of its Peloton+ treadmills was involved in the death of a three-year-old child. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has publicly announced that it is conducting an investigation of this fatal incident involving a three-year old child…
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