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Recent fatal accidents in California and Indiana have been, linked to Tesla’s Autopilot “self-driving” feature. In today’s post our car accident lawyer discusses the issue of liability in accidents where drivers have allowed their vehicles’ “self-driving” systems to take control, sometimes with disastrous results.

Two Fatal Tesla Accidents Being Investigated by NTSB In an earlier post we discussed the National Transportation Safety Board’s conclusions following its investigations into two fatal accidents in California and Florida. We have since learned of two additional accidents involving Tesla Motors’ Model S all-electric automobiles. In this post, the car and truck accident lawyer at The Doan Law Firm reviews what is publicly known concerning the recent accidents before offering suggestions to those who may have been injured in…

FDA Orders Leading Heartburn Medication Zantac Immediately Pulled from Market Citing Cancer Danger The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, FDA, took the rare and dramatic step of immediately ordering the widely used heartburn medicine Zantac removed from the market on April 1, 2020. Zantac is the brand name for ranitidine, the primary element of both prescription and over-the-counter versions of this medication. In addition, all generic forms of this drug were ordered off the market by the FDA as well….

More Late Model Luxury Imports Are Being Recalled With the amount of news coverage being devoted to the emergence of the Coronavirus and to the 2020 elections, consumers may be unaware that over one-half million luxury imported SUVs and sedans are being recalled due to concerns that they are at risk of catching fire even though they were not involved in accidents. On February 27th, Kia announced it was recalling 140,000 of its 2013-2014 model year Optima midsize cars and…

Dangerous Products at the Amazon Marketplace Who’s Responsible When Someone is Injured? Many people do not fully realize that products are sold through Amazon, the mammoth internet retail venue, in two different ways. Most folks who do understand that products of different types are sold through Amazon in two distinctly different ways don’t appreciate what historically has been the legal consequences of these disparate sales avenues. First, products are sold through Amazon directly. Second, hundreds of thousands of products are…