Tom Krisher

March 20, 2020 | Daily Business Review

The National Transportation Safety Board said Tesla failed to limit where its autopilot can be used, allowing drivers to activate it in areas it wasn't designed for.

By Tom Krisher

4 minute read

July 11, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Another person has been killed in the U.S. by an exploding Takata air bag inflator, but this death wasn't the result of a crash.

By Tom Krisher

7 minute read

October 01, 2015 | New York Law Journal

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Tuesday that Fiat Chrysler Automobiles failed to report some deaths, injuries and other information to the agency as required by law.

By Tom Krisher

2 minute read

September 30, 2015 | New York Law Journal

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Tuesday that Fiat Chrysler Automobiles failed to report some deaths, injuries and other information to the agency as required by law.

By Tom Krisher

2 minute read

September 18, 2015 | New York Law Journal

General Motors has admitted it failed to disclose to the public a deadly problem with small car ignition switches as part of a $900 million deal reached with federal authorities to avoid criminal charges, authorities announced Thursday.

By Tom Hays and Tom Krisher

6 minute read

September 15, 2014 | Daily Report Online

The death toll tied to faulty ignition switches in General Motors small cars has risen to 19, according to a compensation expert hired by the company. The number is likely to go higher.

By Tom Krisher

4 minute read

June 12, 2014 | Daily Report Online

Lawyers for a Georgia family that is trying to reopen a wrongful death lawsuit against General Motors say the company is trying to move the case to federal court so it can use bankruptcy as a shield from the claim.

By Tom Krisher

3 minute read

April 07, 2014 | Daily Report Online

The families of those who died in General Motors cars with defective ignition switches want prosecutors to go after GM insiders responsible for letting the problems fester for more than a decade — and perhaps for covering them up.

By Paul Wiseman and Tom Krisher

6 minute read

March 19, 2014 | Daily Report Online

The U.S. government announced a $1.2 billion settlement with Toyota Motor Corp. on Wednesday and filed a criminal charge alleging the company defrauded consumers by issuing misleading statements about safety issues in Toyota and Lexus vehicles.

By Eric Tucker and Tom Krisher

6 minute read

March 15, 2010 | Daily Report Online

DETROIT Toyota plans to cast doubt Monday on a California man's claim that his Prius sped out of control last week on the freeway, a person briefed on the matter told The Associated Press.The automaker will show that a backup safety system worked in James Sikes' car and that damage to the brakes didn't square with his story, according to the person, who asked not to be identified because the information had not been released.

By ELLIOT SPAGAT and TOM KRISHER

4 minute read