The first Yamaha Rhino trial concluded this week in Texas, involving the death of a 13 year old boy who was operating the side-by-side ATV when it rolled over, crushing him. Although evidence was presented to establish that the Rhino was defectively designed, the jury concluded… Read More
As we mentioned yesterday, an investigative report aired last night on CBS Evening News about Yamaha Rhino rollovers. As would be expected, Yamaha released a statement after the broadcast defending the “safety record” of the Yamaha Rhino, apparently dismissing the hundreds of deaths and serious injuries… Read More
Tonight on CBS Evening News with Katie Couric, there will coverage of the Yamaha Rhino problems which have caused hundreds of serious and fatal injuries throughout the United States. (more…) Read More
Despite being forced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to recall the Yamaha Rhino in March 2009, so that design modifications and improvements could be made to the four wheel side-by-side ATV, Yamaha continues to sell the Rhino without the safety modifications in other… Read More
After years of calls for a Yamaha Rhino recall to be issued due to design defects that make the side-by-side ATV prone to rollover, even when operated at a slow speed on a flat surface, the U.S. CPSC has finally forced Yamaha to suspend sales and… Read More
All federal Yamaha Rhino lawsuits filed in various courts throughout the country will be consolidated and transferred to one judge, under a procedure known as an MDL or multidistrict litigation. The cases will be coordinated and centralized for pretrial litigation, where they will be handled in… Read More
Tomorrow, the United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation will hear oral arguments from Yamaha Rhino attorneys on whether to consolidate and centralize all federal lawsuits filed on behalf of individuals who suffered serious injuries in a Rhino ATV rollover accident. If granted, an MDL, or… Read More
According to an article in the Wall Street Journal today, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (U.S. CPSC) has finally begun investigating the safety issues with the Yamaha Rhino ATV after over 30 deaths have been caused by the side-by-side rolling over. >>INFORMATION: Yamaha Rhino ATV… Read More
There was yet another fatal Yamaha Rhino ATV accident over the weekend, this time resulting in the deaths of two 11 year-old girls. While many people continue to believe that most of these Rhino accidents are the fault of the operator (or in this case the… Read More
Following our post yesterday about the lack of reliable Yamaha Rhino accident statistics, I received an email from John Sand of Ohio, with a link to a website he has created to honor his 10 year old daughter who was killed on a Rhino. The site… Read More
