According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, manufacturers filed for more than 650 safety recalls in 2012 affecting more than 17.8 million vehicles, child seats and vehicle equipment. Additionally, the NHTSA prompted the recall of more than 9 million vehicles and 60,000 items of vehicle equipment, such as child…
Several NASCAR fans injured last weekend during a race just a day before the Daytona 500 are now contemplating a possible lawsuit. Last Saturday, more than 30 people were injured following a horrendous crash in a second-tier NASCAR series race that sent chunks of debris, including a heavy tire, flying…
Earlier this month an engine room fire erupted on the Carnival Triumph Cruise Ship, leaving the 3,143 passengers and 1,086 crew members on board floating 150 miles off the coast of Mexico for several days. While no one was injured during the engine room fire, the conditions on the 14-story…
The high-profile lawsuit filed by a cruise ship attendant on the Royal Caribbean cruise ship that carried John Travolta as a passenger in June 2009 has been dropped as of Feb. 4. In the lawsuit, a cruise ship worker accused Travolta of disrobing and exposing himself to him during a…
A California woman recently filed a $5-million class action lawsuit against Nestle claiming that the company’s frozen pizzas are a threat to the public’s health because they contain trans fats. According to reports, the suit is aimed at Nestlé’s DiGiorno, Stouffer’s and California Pizza Kitchen frozen pizzas. The lawsuit, which…
Orlando, FL – A cruise ship headed to the Bahamas last month was forced to return to port in central Florida after a 14-month-old was injured in a fall aboard the ship. Royal Caribbean officials claim the child fell aboard the Monarch of the Seas. The child did receive medical…
San Juan, Puerto Rico – A wave of illness, suspected of being a norovirus, swept across the cruise line that operates the Queen Mary 2 last month, causing 201 passengers to fall ill. According to a spokeswoman for Cunard Line, the owner of the ship, the gastrointestinal illness outbreak subsided…
Former chief of the International Monetary Fund Dominique Strauss-Kahn has reportedly reached an agreement to settle a civil suit filed by the hotel maid that accused him of rape. According to the New York Times, full details of the settlement are unknown, but the French media reported that Strauss-Kahn would…
Two cruise industry groups, Cruise Lines International Association and European Cruise Council, announced a set of new safety measures recently that will focus on lifejacket storage, stability of heavy objects and operating procedures in the bridge area. The new policies are the most recent to come out after an intense…
Two passengers were killed and three critically injured last weekend when a too-tall charter bus crashed into the bottom of a concrete over pass at Miami International Airport. The bus driver drove into the overpass despite multiple warning signs that told drivers the overpass could only accommodate vehicles under 8-feet-6-inches…