Posts tagged SUV Rollover Accidents

• Ford Settles Lawsuit, and then Lies Again

  Brian Foley | November 29, 2007 10:14 AM | 0 CommentsSan Jose, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Ford settled a class action lawsuit in Sacramento on Wednesday but then proceeded to lie to the public and media, claiming that the settlement ended all outstanding lawsuits against Ford stemming from Explorer rollovers.As reported in this Associated Press article, Ford spokeswoman Kristen Kinley claimed that the settlement, which will provide vouchers to Explorer owners to buy other Ford...

• SUV Rollover Fatalities Still Frequent

  Brian Foley | November 25, 2007 2:00 PM | 0 CommentsSan Jose, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Despite what the car industry aficionados and government may claim, SUV rollovers continue to kill and maim. Take, for example, the single-vehicle SUV rollover crash last month that killed a 23-year-old man in Southern California . In another example in a case I am handling, three people were killed on July 5, 2006 in Menlo Park, Ca when the driver's 1998 Ford Explorer rolled over and killed...

• Update: Anticipated settlement with Ford delayed

  Brian Foley | November 19, 2007 2:03 PM | 0 CommentsSan Jose, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The anticipated settlement of a multi-billion suit against Ford was delayed Monday in Sacramento Superior Court for unspecified reasons. A courthouse spokeswoman said she was awaiting word when the case would resume. One of the lawyers involved in the litigation said they would return on Dec. 3, according to the Sacramento Bee. Meanwhile, authorities are picking up the pieces of a tragic...

• Ford Explorer, SUV victims fight back, see results

  Brian Foley | November 19, 2007 9:30 AM | 0 CommentsSan Jose, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Today, November 19, 2007, an expected class action settlement concerning Ford Motor Co. may impact 1 million Ford Explorer owners nationwide. SUVs, passenger vans and trucks kill 10,000 people and injure another 27,000 every year. Among them, the Ford Explorer in particular is a disaster waiting to happen for millions of Americans who drive them.Between their flawed design that makes them...

• California Man Killed in SUV Rollover Accident

  Chrissie Cole | October 06, 2007 8:00 PM | 0 CommentsSan Jose, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A 23-year-old man was killed and two others injured, in a SUV rollover accident, Friday, when a truck skid off Interstate 5 and overturned.For reasons still unknown, the driver lost control of the vehicle and veered off the roadway near Palm Avenue, according to California Highway Patrol reports.The vehicle struck a stand of trees, killing the man, of City Heights, at the scene according to CHP...