Our Blog - Year: 2014

Harley-Davidson is a brand for riders who are serious about their motorcycles. Thousands of Harley riders got bad news on July 9, as the company announced a recall of 66,241 bikes as a result of anti-lock brake issues. The 2014 Harley line of Touring and CVO Touring motorcycles, produced between July 1 of last year…

By now, you have probably heard about GM’s ignition switch problem that led to a massive recall of vehicles and was linked to at least 13 admitted deaths. But this problem may have only been a symptom of a more serious disease. A former GM quality auditor recently spoke to NBC News, and revealed that…

As we have previously noted for readers, whether the latest product is a drug or device, approval by the Food and Drug Administration to market and sell a pharmaceutical or medical device hardly ensures the safety OR performance of that product going forward. There has been a steady parade over the last 30 years of…

From the most avid biking enthusiasts who can’t go more than a single day without getting behind the handlebars to the casual riders who enjoy riding once a week, biking in the Bay Area has taken on greater popularity over the last several years. With increased bicycle traffic has cone a major increase ibn bicycle…

Protected bicycle lanes reduce rates and increase the likelihood that people will use a bike, according to a recent study by the National Institute for Transportation and Communities. San Francisco recently erected many barriers between bike lanes and vehicle traffic. This practice has widely adopted by many Canadian and European cities, but U.S. cities have…

Authorities have charged a San Francisco Uber Cab driver with assaulting a passenger. The charges add to a growing number of concerns that local residents have with the ridesharing service. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that 28-year-old Daveea Whitmore has been charged with punching a passenger in the hand and hitting him in the chest….

A growing number of California manufacturers are removing cocamide DEA from their products in response to lawsuits from a consumer advocacy group. KPBS reports that the Center for Environmental Health sued several major manufacturers for exposing consumers to cocamide DEA last summer. Cocamide DEA, also known as cocamide diethanolamine, is a coconut oil-based chemical used…

General Motors Company has lost another executive amid reports that the company delayed a recall of 2.6 million vehicles with dangerous defects. The New York Times reports that GM’s senior engineer Jim Federico will retire after working for the company for 36 years. Federico oversaw GM’s global vehicle registration operations. He is the fourth GM…

A 26-year-old Daly City man was killed recently at the intersection of Cesar Chavez and Folsom Streets. This is the latest driver killed in the spiraling number of auto fatalities occurring on San Francisco streets. The San Francisco Streets Blog reports that the Johny Castillo-Alonzo was driving through the intersection when he was broadsided by…

The grief brought upon the families of the young victims of yesterday’s I-5 crash is unfathomable. Any caring person should have the survivors and families of those affected by this terrible tragedy in their thoughts and prayers. As lawyers involved in motor vehicle and trucking accident litigation we have seen how tragedies like this devastate…