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Toyota Recall for Accelleration Defect Halts Sales After 20 Deaths

Toyota on Tuesday expanded its recall of vehicles potentially affected by an unexpected acceleration issue.
 
ABC World News (1/27, story 5, 2:50, Sawyer) reported on the “utter confusion for millions of worried Toyota drivers” who are “desperate to know tonight if it’s safe to keep driving their cars. And add to that the dealers who say […]

Attorney Beth Klein organizes mass effort to assist orphans of Haiti

Colorado attorney Beth Klein has organized a mass effort to evacuate orphans in Haiti who have been adopted by American parents.  Over the past 10 days, she has worked with the Department of State, the Pentagon and three orphanages to ensure that over 200 children are returned safely to the United States.
“I had an extraordinary […]

Toyota Expands the Recall of Defective Cars

See if your car is on the list:
 
http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/2010-01-21-toyota-recall-gas-pedal_N.htm
 
Call us today, if you need assistance with a defective car case  303-448-8884

What you need to know about subrogation.

Have you ever had medical treatment and then been contacted by your health insurance company asking you whether someone was responsible for causing your injury?  Most people have, and that is called subrogation.
Your insurance carrier is probably trying to determine if someone is fully or partially to blame for your injuries so that it can try to […]

Colorado’s Texting Ban May Go National

Today, major automakers expressed support for banning drivers from text messaging and using hand-held mobile phones while driving.
The Alliance of Auto Manufacturers, a trade association of 11 car and light truck manufacturers including BMW Group, Chrysler and Ford Motor Company, said in a statement that writing or reading text messages affects a driver’s ability to […]

Defective Toy Recall - Dangerous Products

New York Product Liability Attorneys Issue Urgent News Flash - Little Tikes responds to Government recall of 1.6 million toys nationwide.
New York, NY (NewYorkInjuryNews.com) – U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has recalled 1.6 million Little Tikes Company toys from the consumer market, announced CNNMoney.
An eleven-month old baby was hospitalized for one of the plastic nails […]

Ten Most Dangerous Toys for 2009

Toy and child product safety of course remains an important topic as we head into the holiday season, though the gift-giving season focuses more attention on serious issues that so many of us are contending with year-round.
Blow is a link to an informative report regarding corporations’ failures  to act on information about product defects. The report […]

Toyota Lexus Misleading Public on Serious Safety Issues per NTSB

Federal safety regulators have harshly admonished Toyota Motor Corp. for issuing “inaccurate and misleading” statements about Toyota and Lexus vehicles.   Toyota had asserted that no defect exists in the 3.8 million vehicles subject to a recall. 
Contrary to Toyota’s corporate line in order to promote sales, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration states that the recalled Toyota […]

Colorado insurer may have incentivized employees to deny workers comp claims

The AP (9/3, Paulson) reported, “A workers compensation insurer may have paid bonuses to employees for denying claims, a lawmaker said Thursday, citing documents provided by the company. State Sen. Morgan Carroll, D-Aurora, said that documents indicate Pinnacol Assurance paid bonuses to claims adjusters and doctors based on performance standards that included net income targets.” […]

Carrie Frank Elected Vice President of the Colorado Trial Lawyers

Today the Denver Post reports that Shareholder Carrie Frank was elected as the Vice President of the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association.   Carrie serves this organization to improve the legal profession and to enhance the practice of personal injury, defective products, and wrongful death law.  We are very proud of Carrie!   http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_13242112
Carrie was instrumental in organizing […]