At the end of October, Louisiana joined the growing number of states that have banned any new installations of the ET-Plus highway guardrail. The guardrail has been linked to numerous deaths since 2005, when a design change produced a deadly…
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Making headlines: Fiat Chrysler’s failure to act on Jeep fuel-tank fire risk
In June of 2013, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) asked Fiat Chrysler to recall millions of Jeep Liberty and Jeep Grand Cherokee vehicles because of a deadly problem with fuel-tank fires. Fiat Chrysler refused to acknowledge any problem…
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Missouri bans deadly highway guardrail
The Missouri Department of Transportation has banned a type of highway guardrail implicated in the deaths of at least 14 motorists, including one Missouri man. Missouri resident Brad Abeln was killed in January after another driver swerved and pushed him…
More Controversy Appears in Case Questioning Highway Guardrail Safety
A mistrial has been declared in a federal lawsuit which alleges that some highway guardrails across the country pose a deadly risk to drivers. The lawsuit was filed by a whistleblower alleging that guardrails produced by Trinity Industries, a Texas-based…
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Montreal Maine trustee rebuffs wrongful death claimants’ reorganization plan
The bankruptcy trustee for Montreal Maine & Atlantic Railway Ltd said that a recent reorganization plan — filed by families of people who died when one of the company’s trains derailed and exploded — is “not a serious plan.” Robert…
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