June 30, 2026
Rideshare Passenger Injuries: When Uber or Lyft Isn’t Directly at Fault, Who Covers Third-Party Drivers, Insurance Gaps, and Liability Hurdles?
The convenience of ordering a rideshare can make getting to a destination much more convenient, but what if something horribly goes wrong? Who will be responsible for mounting medical bills if the rideshare driver wasn’t at fault? Rideshare injury claims involving third-party fault are among the most legally complex cases in personal injury law. Multiple…
June 25, 2026
Electric Vehicle (EV) and Self-Driving Car Accidents: Who’s Responsible When Technology Fails?
Self-driving vehicles are still a relatively new concept that have yet to be fully automated and proven 100% safe. Recent news reports of Tesla providing misleading ‘Full Self-Driving’ safety data to regulators and Waymo recalling nearly 3,900 robotaxis over the risk of entering closed construction zones have highlighted the concern that these autonomous vehicles can…
June 6, 2018
Can Collision Avoidance Systems Effectively Prevent Auto Accidents?
Collision mitigation systems (CMS) have recently enjoyed a great deal of success and popularity in the auto industry as a safe and effective way to prevent car accidents. In particular, the systems have been noted to prevent rear end crashes by alerting the driver of the potential danger and then automatically stopping the vehicle if…
September 19, 2017
Rhode Island is Getting Ready for Driverless Vehicles
Although some of us may not want to accept it, the age of the driverless vehicle is dawning. News reports state that big changes are coming and Rhode Island wants to be ready for them, particularly for driverless vehicles and other high-end innovations coming to its roadways. While there is no question that we will…
March 10, 2016
Do Self-Driving Cars Eliminate Car Accidents?
The quick & short answer is not during the testing period. We’ve been aware for some time that Google has been testing their fleet of self-driving vehicles – and up until recently the minor accidents they’ve been involved with were caused by human driven vehicles that ran into Google’s cars. Well, that’s changed. Recently, a…