Illinois Supreme Rules UM Insurance Can’t Be Restricted to Occupants of Covered Vehicles December 1, 2023 By Jim Sams The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday affirmed an appellate court ruling that found that injuries to a 14-year-old boy who...
GM’s Autonomous Vehicle Unit Recalls Cars for Software Update After Dragging a Pedestrian November 9, 2023 By Tom Krisher DETROIT (AP) — General Motors` Cruise autonomous vehicle unit is recalling all 950 of its cars to update software after...
N.J. High Court to Hear E-Scooter Rider’s Bid for No-Fault Auto Benefits October 16, 2023 By Andrew G. Simpson David Goyco says he was like a bicyclist when he was injured while riding his low-speed electric scooter and hit...
Court: Illinois Insurers Cannot Exclude UIM Coverage for Bicyclists and Pedestrians October 4, 2022 By Jim Sams Auto insurance carriers must pay uninsured motorist benefits to insureds who are injured by motor vehicles while walking or bicycling,...
Florida Passenger Train Line Kills 5th Person in a Month January 6, 2022 By Terry Spencer FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) –A Brightline higher-speed train fatally struck a pedestrian who walked into its path Tuesday, the fifth...
Florida Passenger Train Kills Man Weeks After Reopening December 9, 2021 By Terry Spencer FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) –A train belonging to Florida’s higher-speed passenger rail service struck and killed a man walking on...
South Dakota AG Gets Fines, No Jail Time in Pedestrian Death August 27, 2021 By Stephen Groves FORT PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg avoided any jail time Thursday after pleading no contest...
Driver Accused of Texting Gets Prison in Pedestrian’s Death August 24, 2020 FREEHOLD, N.J. — A New Jersey woman has been sentenced to five years in prison in the death of a...
Road-Safety Regulator Rapped Over Regulating Autonomous Cars November 22, 2019 By David Koenig The nation’s road-safety regulator is under fire again for what critics call lax oversight of tests involving autonomous vehicles. The...
Self-Driving Uber in Crash Wasn’t Programmed to Spot Jaywalkers November 6, 2019 By Ryan Beene and Alan Levin Uber Technologies Inc.’s self-driving test car that struck and killed a pedestrian last year wasn’t programmed to recognize and react...