Firms negligent
Award goes to wife, son, parents of man killed in tire case
An Orange County jury has awarded a Bryan family damages for a family member’s death it said was caused by a defective and improperly repaired tire.
Lawsuits over faulty hips settled
Ohio company to pay recipients of artificial joints
The medical manufacturer that recalled 40,000 faulty artificial hips in December 2000 — thousands of them already implanted in patients — has agreed to pay damages to settle law suits, attorneys announced.
Legal fight over redistricting focuses on name-calling
The state court trial over congressional redistricting opened with lawyers representing state Democrats and Republicans laying out their cases.
Pump failure implicated in plane crashes
Vacuum pumps, which power cockpit instruments in small airplanes, have contributed to at least 82 deaths in 36 crashes since 1980, including a 1998 crash in New Orleans that killed three Denton County residents, safety reports indicate.
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Prominent Couple Honored with Hospital District Foundation’s First Humanitarian Award
About 300 friends and supporters of the Harris County Hospital District celebrated a Jubilee of Caring Gala Dinner on Nov. 8.
Liability of Silence
A Houston attorney leading the charge against Ford and Firestone knew there was a problem, but couldn’t talk
Beating big corporations with big verdicts made Richard Mithoff one of the country’s best known product liability attorneys.
Files on tires’ recall must be disclosed in suit, judge rules
Data between Ford, Firestone included
Bridgestone/Firestone Inc. has to publicly disclose documents related to its recall of some tires that have been blamed for vehicle crashes, a judge in Houston ruled.
Texas Lawyer: the ticker
Public Citizen Inc. wants the court to turn down a request from Ford Motor Co. and Bridgestone-Firestone Inc. for a protective order that would keep documents in a tire-tread suit private. Public Citizen, a nonprofit public interest group founded by Ralph Nader, filed the amicus curiae brief in a suit filed in state court by a Crosby woman who was injured in an accident in 1999 in a Ford Explorer equipped with Firestone tires.
Group fights Firestone motion
Crosby litigant gets help in effort to publicize tire problems
A consumer watchdog group founded by Ralph Nader has gotten behind a Crosby woman’s fight to disclose publicly any information that she gains on Firestone’s tread-separation problems.