Tire trial ends with jury verdict
A Bridgestone/Firestone product is involved, but the focus is on repairs
A Texas jury has awarded damages to the family of a man who died in a rollover accident involving a Bridgestone/Firestone tire.
Jury Verdict for Wrongful Death of Man Killed by Defective Tire
A Bridgestone/Firestone product is involved, but the focus is on repairs
A Texas jury has awarded damages to the family of a man who died in a rollover accident involving a Bridgestone/Firestone tire.
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.
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.