The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is currently investigating an issue with side airbags in the 2011, 2012, and 2013 models of the Hyundai Elantra. The NHTSA began its investigation after aTexasman lost half of his left ear due to debris flung by a deploying side airbag. The man claims that a piece of [...]
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In Maryland, the time limit to file a personal injury lawsuit resulting from a traffic accident is three years from the date of the accident. The laws that set these time limits for filing lawsuits are called statutes of limitation, and they exist for a number of reasons. Statutes of limitation embody the long-standing legal [...]
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Another pedestrian-vehicle accident occurred recently in Arlington, Virginia. A 30-year-old man was struck by a vehicle during the evening hours in the 400 block of Carlin Springs Road in Arlington. He was taken to the Inova Fairfax Trauma Center. The driver of the vehicle was then transported to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries. It [...]
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An elderly pedestrian suffered serious injuries recently when she was struck by a vehicle. The 67-year-old woman was attempting to cross the southbound lanes of U.S. 1 in Virginia during mid-morning traffic. Fairfax County Police said the woman was hit by a 1990 AstroVan driven by a 63-year-old man. According to eyewitness reports, the woman [...]
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Jane W. Ndungu Maranga, a 53-year-old Calverton, Maryland woman, was driving a 2002 Mitsubishi Montero in the Orchard Center shopping center when she lost control of her vehicle. She then drove over a curb and across the grass, finally colliding with 54-year-old Georgina Afful-Asare. Asare had been walking along the sidewalk on Broadbirch Drive and [...]
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