By Chariese Solorio, Sarah M. Nakamoto, and Olivia LaCasto* In Kirzhner v. Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (2020) 9 Cal.5th 966, the California Supreme Court expanded the possible damages that are recoverable under the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act (the “Act”) to include registration renewal and nonoperation fees as incidental damages if such fees were “incurred after the […]
By Sarah M. Nakamoto, Chariese Solorio, and Paige Sorensen* In Cummins, Inc. v. Superior Court (2005) 36 Cal.4th 478, 483, the California Supreme Court addressed the issue of “whether a buyer who resides in California may bring suit against a manufacturer under the [Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty] Act when the buyer purchased the vehicle in another […]
Uber, the ride-sharing giant, recently announced that it was moving its smart-car operation from California to Arizona, a state with fewer regulations for driverless cars. The day before the announcement, California’s Department of Motor Vehicles ordered Uber’s driverless fleet off the Streets of San Francisco because Uber declined to apply for state-mandated permits. Being lawyers, […]
In response to increasing cybersecurity threats in vehicles, in 2015 the Automotive Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Auto-ISAC) was formed. Its member companies include all automakers operating in North America except for Tesla. The ISAC allows companies to share cyberthreat information in real time and develop solutions to them. It serves as a central point […]
The Texas Supreme Court’s ruling in Nabors Well Services, Ltd. v. Romero, 456 S.W.3d 553 (Tex. 2015) has re-opened the national debate about whether courts should admit evidence of seat belt non-usage in lawsuits arising from motor vehicle crashes. The Romero decision reversed the course that Texas courts had followed for more than forty years […]
What are the latest trends on product recalls in the United States? Stericycle ExpertSOLUTIONS writes an interesting and informative quarterly report on this data, and its detail on the first quarter of 2015 is here. Consumer Products. The Consumer Product Safety Commission has been proactive in recent years with consumer product regulations and recalls, particularly […]
Snell & Wilmer attorneys Dan Rodman, Jay Schuttert and Jonathan Murphy recently represented Ford Motor Company in the trial of a 2002 Ford Explorer Sport Trac rollover lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, in downtown Los Angeles, California, case no. 2:12-cv-10994-PAAGR. Paralegal Maribel Lopez and paralegal assistant Amanda Jamil […]
Snell & Wilmer attorneys Vaughn Crawford and Craig Logsdon recently represented Ford Motor Company in a retrial of a Ford Focus rollover lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona in Tucson, Case No. 4:10-CV-00156-RCC. Associate Amanda Sheridan, and paralegals Jorge Moreno and CaSandra Green, assisted with Ford’s defense. The plaintiff, […]
If you needed any more reason to put down the cell phone and focus on your driving, please read on. Driver distraction is a major contributor to vehicle crashes, including fatal crashes. New studies and statistics prove this. Data is being collected on crashes caused by drivers who were texting or using a cell phone, […]
