2020 Subaru Outlook And Legacy Braking Problems

It seems like 2020 hasn’t even arrived and recalls are already starting to happen! The brand new Subaru Outlook and Legacy have been recalled due to a defective brake pedal. The bolt that attaches the pedal to the vehicle is not tight on some models or the company forgot to

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Pacificare Life & Health Fined $173 Million Over Bad Faith Lawsuit

California’s 26 year-old rule penalizing insurance companies for treating customers unfairly during the claim settlement process has been upheld by a State Appeals Court. The Fourth District Court of Appeals upheld allowed insurance commissioner Dave Jones to impose as much as $173 Million in fines against PacifiCare. The insurance company

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5 Ways Newer Cars May Be Less Safe Than Older Cars

We are amazed at how new car safety has progressed and we now walk away from crashes that would have killed everyone just a few years ago. That doesn’t mean uninjured and it doesn’t mean newer cars are safer in every aspect: Here five ways newer cars may be more

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Tools That Help You….

A new client recently told a story we suspected didn’t add up and getting things wrong from the start makes it hard to get things turned around. This young lady explained she was hit from the side and related she was in the traffic lane where she was hit for

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Audit Slams P.U.C. On Deadly Limo Fire

A recent state audit provides evidence that California’s oversight of limousines, shuttles, charter busses and other passenger carriers is “insufficient to ensure consumer safety” in the aftermath of a deadly limo fire on the San Mateo Bridge.  We have written about this fire on several occasions.  The general public has

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