ARTICLE: OUT OF CONTROL: Self-Driving Vehicles Will Change the Insurance and Litigation Industries

In an effort to position myself, Daniel E. Cummins, Esquire, and my law firm, Foley, Comerford & Cummins, and I as a go-to choice for the defense of auto accident and products liability matters involving Self-Driving Vehicles (SDVs) in Pennsylvania, I have continually updated my research on the technological advances as well as the impending liability issues in this emerging area of technology and law.

Part of that continuing research was utilized to put together an article of mine which has been published in the May/June 2018 edition of the Pennsylvania Lawyer Magazine.

Here is a LINK to my article entitled "Out of Control: Self-Driving Vehicles Will Change the Insurance and Litigation Industries" for your easy reference.

Please do not hesitate to contact me regarding any issues you may wish to discuss pertaining to the rise of Self-Driving Vehicles and the liability and insurance issues attendant with the use of these vehicles.  I can be reached at dancummins@comcast.net or at 570-346-0745.

Please also let me know if you hear of any Pennsylvania court decisions involving SDVs in order that they may be publicized here on Tort Talk for the benefit of all Tort Talkers who read the blog.

My firm and I are also monitoring the issues surrounding accidents involving Uber or Lyft vehicles and the insurance issues surrounding those types of accidents.  Here is a LINK to a recent article I wrote on that topic with my associate attorney Steve Kopko.  We are available to review any issues with you in this regard as well.

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Link To Interesting Article on the Evolution of Self-Driven Vehicles To Date

The advent of self-driven vehicles appears to be upon as as the technology continues to be developed.

Here is a LINK to an interesting article written by noted liability expert Steven M. Schorr and Joseph R. Fowler entitled "Self-Driven:  The Path Towards Autonomous Vehicles."  In this article, Mr. Schorr and Mr. Fowler provide a history of the evolution of motor vehicles towards the eventual introduction of self-driving vehicles to the public.

According to the article, the technology still needs to be developed substantially further before truly autonomous vehicle will be set loose on the roadways.

But there may come some day when auto law practitioners and the courts in Pennsylvania will have to grapple with new legal issues that may arise out of motor vehicle accidents involving autonomous vehicles.  These issues may include the liability of the person "operating" such vehicle as well as potentially products liability issues with respect to the technology involved.