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Keyless Cars & Carbon Monoxide Deaths
May 25, 2018 • Clark Fountain Staff
Cars that can be powered with just the push of a button are common now days. However, this convenience might have deadly consequences. Just last year, after driving his keyless car, one man died in ...
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Ford Recalls Over 1 Million Cars Over Loose Steering Wheels
Mar 28, 2018 • Clark Fountain Staff
Ford Motor Company has issued a major recall affecting nearly 1.4 million midsize vehicles in North America over risks posed by steering wheels that can become loose or detach from the steering ...
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Ford Agrees to Cover Costs of Repair of Police Version of Ford Explorer as Federal Regulators Expand Investigation into Ford Explorer Exhaust Fume Leaks
Aug 3, 2017 • Clark Fountain Staff
Federal regulators from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) will be expanding its ongoing investigation into exhaust leaks in Ford Explorer SUVs. The expanded investigation will ...
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Harley-Davidson Recalls 57,000 Touring Motorcycles Over Oil Leak Hazard
Jul 14, 2017 • Clark Fountain Staff
Haley-Davidson has issued a voluntary recall of more than 57,000 motorcycles after it was discovered that a potential oil leak could cause bikes to crash. The recall, which affects 57,138 units of the ...
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Nissan Recalls 54,000 Versas Over Unexpected Airbag Deployment
Mar 17, 2017 • Clark Fountain Staff
Nissan has announced that it is recalling more than 54,000 vehicles due to a defect that can cause side airbags to deploy when a vehicle door is slammed shut. When a vehicle occupant enters a vehicle, ...
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Nearly 1 Million Mercedes-Benz Vehicles Recalled Over Fire Risks
Mar 7, 2017 • Clark Fountain Staff
After receiving over 50 reports of vehicle fires, German multinational automotive corporation Daimler AG has announced that it is recalling roughly 1 million models of Mercedes-Benz vehicles ...
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5 Reasons Your Airbag Might Not Deploy
Feb 27, 2017 • Clark, Fountain, La Vista, Prather & Littky-Rubin
Airbag technology has been credited with preventing millions of serious injuries and saving numerous lives. Although airbags are one of the most important safety features of vehicles today, defects in ...
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Volkswagon's Audi Issues Recall for Over 576,000 Vehicles in the United States
Feb 13, 2017 • Clark Fountain Staff
Volkswagon’s Audi brand recently issued a recall for over 576,000 vehicles in the United States. The recall involves two individual mechanical issues, the first of which involves an electric coolant ...
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Brake Defect Leads to Toyota Prius Recall
Oct 14, 2016 • Clark Fountain
Following reports of a defect involving the parking brake, which could potentially lead to fatal consequences, the Japanese automaker, Toyota, is recalling 340,000 units of the Prius globally, with ...
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Will Takata Bankruptcy Leave Consumers Holding the Bag - Recalled Air Bag
Sep 30, 2016 • Clark Fountain
Nearly a decade ago, Clark Fountain, whose auto products liability experience is among the most significant in the country, handled a case where a client presented with a very unusual injury from a ...
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Potential Causes & Concerns for Driverless Car Accidents
Sep 13, 2016 • Clark Fountain
When we were first introduced to the self-driving car by Google, we were left in awe of the capabilities. We were also left with plenty of questions regarding its operation and its safety. What ...
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How Airbags Work
Aug 29, 2016 • Don Fountain, Esq.
Today's airbags are not designed to inflate in every crash, inflate at certain impact speeds, or even prevent all injuries. The way airbags inflate is not always ideal, and in some crashes may do more ...
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Takata Airbag Recall Update: Regulators Say Stop Driving These Hondas
Jul 1, 2016 • Clark Fountain
Last month, we posted a blog detailing what is the nation’s largest airbag recall involving the Takata airbags in 13 different vehicle makes and models. The recall includes roughly 63 million recalled ...
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Actor Dies in Tragic Accident; Jeep Recall Associated?
Jun 21, 2016 • Clark Fountain
Over the weekend, 27-year-old actor Anton Yelchin, best known for his roles in Star Trek and Alpha Dogs , was killed in a tragic accident. Anton had exited his vehicle and was at his mailbox when his ...
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The Nation’s Largest Airbag Recall Just Got Bigger
May 6, 2016 • Clark Fountain
Takata airbags, the largest automotive recall in American history, just ballooned by 35 million. In 2008, Takata insisted that the recall of 4,000 of its airbags were due to manufacturing mistakes. ...
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Firm Retained to Help Man Injured By Exploding Takata Airbag
May 2, 2016 • Clark Fountain
A man catastrophically injured by an exploding Takata airbag recently retained Attorney Hampton Keen and Clark Fountain. Hampton Keen and our law firm were recently retained to help a client ...
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Nissan Vehicles with Bad Fuel Pump Being Recalled
Mar 22, 2016 • Clark Fountain
In an announcement last week, Nissan decided to recall some of their 2014 Rogue vehicles that had bad fuel pump issues. These bad fuel pumps affected the vehicle to the point they would either not ...
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Clark Fountain Attorneys Succeed In Reaching Settlement With GM
Feb 4, 2016 • Clark Fountain Staff
FIRM ATTORNEYS SUCCEED IN REACHING CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT IN CHALLENGING CASE AGAINST GM Attorneys Poorad Razavi and Don Fountain recently obtained a confidential settlement with automobile maker ...
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How Long are Auto Manufacturers Liable for Defects?
Aug 14, 2015 • Clark Fountain Staff
A recent survey determined that the average age of the 258 million cars on the roads of America is 11.5 years and steadily climbing. Automakers credit the increasing quality and durability of their ...
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An Update on the Toyo Tire Recall
Feb 9, 2015 • Clark Fountain Staff
On October 31, 2014, Toyo Tire Holdings of America (“Toyo”) filed a Safety Recall Report with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, announcing the recall of over 175,000 tires ...
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Are Truck Crash Injury Claims Different from Auto Injury Claims?
Dec 8, 2014 • Clark Fountain Staff
A truck collision personal injury claim typically involves either a tractor trailer or other large commercial vehicle, which collides with an automobile, motorcycle or another commercial truck. Truck ...
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Chrysler Urged to Expedite Jeep Fuel Tank Recall
Nov 22, 2014 • Clark Fountain Staff
On November 19, 2014, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (the “NHTSA”), issued a letter to Chrysler Group LLC urging Chrysler to more aggressively seek out owners affected by the ...
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Chrysler Recalls Over 300,000 Dodge Ram Trucks
Nov 20, 2014 • Clark Fountain Staff
On October 8, 2014, Chrysler issued a recall for over 314,000 Ram 2500, 3500, 4500 and 5500 trucks. According to information filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (the ...
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Airbag Injuries Most Often Related to Height
Jun 7, 2013 • Clark Fountain Staff
You hope your vehicle’s air bags will protect you in an accident and, in most cases, they do. When it comes to shorter and taller people, however, the airbags do not adequately protect them and may ...
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