Atlanta Injury Attorneys Blog

As a Greater Atlanta car crash attorney, I am pleased to report that there were mercifully few St. Patrick's Day DUI arrests and injuries this year in Gwinnett County. However, there were a number of automobile accidents last week that no one could have predicted.

The most ironic of these took place in Cobb County on I-20. U.S. Marine Gregory Suedmeyer and his wife Katelyn were on their way home to Huntsville, Alabama from Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. The Marine had been stationed there after recently returning from active duty in Iraq. But what should have been a celebratory ride home turned tragic when the Suedmeyers' car was struck by a truck being driven the wrong way down the highway by Georgia resident Bruce Joseph Quayle, 71. The Marine was killed in the crash, and his wife sustained critical injuries. Their family dog, riding in the back of the car, was also killed.

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On the heels of Toyota's massive recall of 6.1 million vehicles due to accelerator defects, GM announced Monday that it is recalling 1.3 million cars due to problems with power steering.

According to NHTSA, complaints filed against GM assert that the loss of power steering assist in many GM vehicles has led to car accidents and injuries. Owners complain that power steering assist goes out without warning, requiring greater steering effort under 15 mph. The car has to be restarted for the power steering assist to work again.

The defects affect 2005-2010 Chevrolet Cobalt, 2007-2010 Pontiac G5s, Pontiac Pursuits sold in Canada, and Pontiac G4s sold in Mexico. GM began the recall after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) received more than 1,100 complaints.

According to NHTSA, about 10 percent of the complaints allege that the loss of the steering assist resulted in difficulty controlling the vehicle, such as leaving your lane of traffic. As a result, the failure of power steering assist may lead to head on collisions and intersection accidents, causing possible head, neck and back injuries.

Despite complaints of the steering defect for over a year, GM just notified NHTSA and issued its recall Monday night.

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