Travel has changed, perhaps permanently, due to COVID-19. But it hasn’t stopped our need to get out and explore. Unfortunately, nearly 40,000 people in the U.S. die every year in motor vehicle accidents, along with thousands more in airplane, bus and train crashes. The rights of these victims are changing every day. We will make sure you stay current on all travel-related legal news.
Back in May 2023, an Arkansas woman filed a personal injury lawsuit against Uber Technologies, Inc., in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. She claimed that she was assaulted, battered, harassed, and/or otherwise attacked by an Uber driver she had been…
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) states that deaths of children under 13 in car crashes have declined since 1975, but crashes still cause one of every four unintentional injury deaths in this age group. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) notes…
A new paper published in The Lancet indicates that road safety around the world could be improved by adopting interventions targeting four key risk factors for road injuries. If countries did this, it could save up to half a million lives per year, the authors…
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) states that 32 people in the U.S. die in drunk-driving crashes every day. That’s one person every 45 minutes. In 2020, 11,654 people died in alcohol-impaired driving deaths, which was a 14 percent increase from 2019. According to…
Michigan is surrounded by one of nature’s great wonders – the Great Lakes. Four of the five Great Lakes border touch Michigan’s borders, and our beaches are often referred to as America’s Third Coast. But don’t let the freshwater beauty deceive you, as the lakes…
You probably do not know it, but the air you breathe on airplanes comes from the jet engines. “Bleed air” as it is known, is compressed air taken from the compressor stage of a jet engine upstream of its fuel-burning sections. It is used in…
In an ordinary year, Michigan – the Great Lakes State – has a robust tourism-based economy. Even during the height of the coronavirus pandemic in our state, the Governor’s executive orders allowed Michiganders to get outside for fitness and recreation. And now that Michigan begins…
While car-crash deaths have dropped in the U.S. for the third year in a row, pedestrian deaths have increased. According to a recent report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), on average, 17 pedestrians died each day in 2018 as a result of vehicle…
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently shared some good news. According to preliminary estimates of the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) 2019 data, there continues to be a decline in traffic fatalities. Traffic fatalities decreased between 2017 and 2018, and seem to…
As the nation continues to struggle against COVID-19, people are ready for good news. A recent special report from the Road Ecology Center at U.C. Davis in California provided just that. According to the report, California traffic crashes have gone down since Governor Gavin Newsom’s…