The Cooper Firm: Nationwide Product Liability & Wrongful Death Attorneys
NHTSA Plans to Add Emergency Brake Features to Safety Device List The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is planning to add two automatic emergency braking devices to its list of recommended safety features for new cars. It has not been
TSI Urges FHWA to Take Immediate Action Regarding ET-Plus Guardrails The Safety Institute recently filed comments in response to the Federal Highway Administration’s request for data and information regarding Trinity Industries ET-Plus guardrail end terminal. The ET-Plus guardrails have been
Settlement in a Product Liability/Severe Injury Case In September 2011 our client was riding as a front seat passenger on the Canton Road Connector in Cobb County, Georgia. As the driver of the car came around a curve headed toward
California DOT pushes the brakes on self-driving cars California will be missing a year-end deadline on creating new rules for vehicles of the future due to the fact they have to determine if “driverless” vehicles are safe. Typically innovation comes
FDA Opens Inquiry after Death from Saline Bags Hundreds of bags of saline solution meant for training health care workers were given to actual patients. The products look like real IV bags and syringes and are used for demonstration and
GM Heads Back Into Court – Wall Street Journal By Mike Spector “…Lance Cooper, the lawyer representing the Melton family, said he likely wouldn’t have taken the case had it been relegated to Old GM. GM’s decision to take on
NHTSA Revisits a 2013 Ford Recall After Additional Complaints The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is revisiting a 2013 recall of Ford’s largest pickup trucks. The original recall was to fix a stalling problem, but was limited to 3,000 trucks
GM returns to bankruptcy court seeking legal protection By Greg Gardner, Detroit Free Press …the family of Brooke Melton, the Georgia nurse who died in March 2010 after her 2005 Chevrolet Cobalt rolled off a highway near her home, have
Takata, plaintiffs tussle over access to airbag inflators for testing Automotive News Such work has proven crucial in recent defect cases. It was the work of Georgia attorney Lance Cooper that provided the major breakthrough to identify the underlying defect
What you should know about the “Year of Recalls” 2014 definitely amounted to the “year of recalls,” with over 60.5 million vehicles recalled for product defects. Many of the recalls involved defects that could result in severe injury or even
2015 Jeep Cherokee Investigated for Catching on Fire The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has launched an investigation of the 2015 Jeep Cherokee after a California woman posted a video of her brand new vehicle bursting into flames. Just
Just Keep Fighting – Featured Clients Robert and SheriLynn Meyer In August 2008, Robert Meyer was driving a 2006 Chevy Cobalt when he inexplicably lost control of the vehicle and hit a tree. The airbags did not deploy and he
