Latest Personal Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Personal Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
New York Fund for Injured Limo Drivers Wins Surcharge Fight
Jan 22 2024 // The New York workers’ compensation fund for black car drivers was within its authority to impose a 2.5% surcharge on noncash tips that passengers paid to drivers, a three-justice panel of the Second Circuit Court of...
Nebraska Jury Awards $335K to Deaf Truck Driver in Disability Discrimination Case
Jan 16 2024 // Trucking companies Werner Enterprises, Inc. and Drivers Management, LLC must pay $335,682 to a deaf truck driver months after an Omaha, Nebraska jury found in favor of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
Report: New Mexico, Alaska Among Safest States for Older Drivers
Jan 12 2024 // New Mexico and Alaska are among the safest states for older drivers, a new report shows. Research carried out by personal injury law firm Bader Scott analyzed National Highway Traffic Safety Administration data from 2017...
Michigan Appeals Court: Parents Can Elect Lower Auto Insurance Limits for Minor Drivers
Jan 10 2024 // The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled last week that state law permits the parent of a minor to elect lower than default liability limits for their child’s auto insurance coverage. A three-judge panel unanimously...
New York Fund for Injured Black Car Drivers Wins Surcharge Fight
Jan 3 2024 // The New York workers’ compensation fund for black car drivers was within its authority to impose a 2.5% surcharge on noncash tips that passengers paid to drivers, a three-justice panel of the Second Circuit Court of...
Nevada Drivers Can Now Add Symbol Identifying Certain Medical Conditions on License
Jan 2 2024 // Nevada drivers can now add a symbol that identifies certain medical conditions on their driver licenses, in an effort to improve safety on the roads, the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles announced this month. The...
Self-Driving Cars Could Be on UK Roads by 2026: Transport Minister
Dec 28 2023 // Self-driving cars could be on some British roads by 2026, the country’s transport minister Mark Harper said on Wednesday. Cars with full self-driving technology are not currently permitted on Britain’s roads...
Pennsylvania Law Assures Medical Expense Coverage for Injured Unlicensed Driver
Dec 28 2023 // An unlicensed driver exclusion in a Pennsylvania auto insurance policy does not apply to allow an insurer to deny statutorily mandated first party medical expense benefits, the Pennsylvania Superior Court has ruled. The...
Louisiana Police Say a Drunken Driver Smashed Into a Building, Then Left a Debris Trail Leading to a Bar
Dec 19 2023 // SLIDELL, La. (AP) – A drunken driver who fled after smashing into a Louisiana building left a debris trail that officers followed to find him at a bar, according to police. Police officers in Slidell were dispatched...
Tesla Driver Paying $23K for 2019 California Crash
Dec 19 2023 // A Tesla driver will pay more than $23,000 in restitution for the deaths of two people during a 2019 car crash in a Los Angeles suburb, a decision announced the same day that the automaker recalled nearly all vehicles sold...
NHTSA Takes Step Toward Requiring New Vehicles to Prevent Impaired or Drunk Driving
Dec 15 2023 // U.S. auto safety regulators say they have taken the first step toward requiring devices in vehicles that prevent drunk or impaired driving. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced on Tuesday that it is...
Markets/Coverages: Driver Technologies Launches Video Telematics-Based Driver Score
Dec 7 2023 // Driver Technologies, Inc., an AI-based mobility tech company, has announced its Driver Technologies Rating Service Inc. (DTRS) is rolling out its newly launched driver score to commercial fleets and insurance partners. In...
Family of Man Who Died Sues Tow Truck Driver They Said Sat on the Man’s Head
Dec 7 2023 // ATLANTA (AP) — The family of a Georgia church deacon who died after struggling with a police officer following a minor car crash has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a tow truck driver they say arrived during...
Auto Safety Regulators To Watch Unrecalled Takata Inflators After One Blows Apart, Injuring a Driver in Chicago
Dec 6 2023 // DETROIT (AP) – U.S. auto safety regulators said Monday they are monitoring data from a group of mostly unrecalled Takata air bag inflators after one of them exploded in a BMW and hurled metal fragments that seriously...
Bus Driver Who Passed Out From Eating THC Gummies Placed on Probation
Dec 5 2023 // A commercial bus driver who pulled over on a Connecticut highway and passed out with 38 passengers aboard after eating THC- infused gummies has been granted a probation program that could result in criminal charges being...
Mississippi Delivery Driver Sues FedEx, This Time in State Court, After Shooting Incident
Dec 1 2023 // JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Black former delivery driver in Mississippi who says two white men shot into his work van and then pursued him in a high-speed chase last year has filed a new lawsuit against the men and his...
50,000 New York Drivers Face License Suspension If They Don’t Submit Vision Test
Nov 30 2023 // New York drivers who renewed their licenses during part of the coronavirus pandemic face license suspensions on starting Friday, December 1, if they don’t submit vision tests, the state Department of Motor Vehicles...
New Jersey Supreme Court: Workers’ Compensation Covers Commuting Employee’s Car Crash Injury
Nov 27 2023 // Typically, workers who are injured during their commute to work aren’t eligible for workers’ compensation benefits. The New Jersey Supreme Court highlighted an exception to that rule in a unanimous decision...
Tesla Launched its Own Car Insurance. These Drivers Say it’s a Lemon.
Nov 21 2023 // In February, Mark Bova purchased a used 2018 Tesla Model S. Before leaving the dealer, he bought insurance from Tesla, finding the initial $93 monthly premium “really reasonable.” Sixteen days later, as he...
S&P: Struggles in Personal Auto Insurance to Subside More Slowly Than Expected
Nov 20 2023 // S&P Global Market Intelligence projects that personal auto results will improve from 2022’s worst-in-decades combined ratio of 112.2%, though not as rapidly as the organization’s experts previously...
