Vehicle Injuries Master News Article Excerpt List

My58.com, "1 Killed In I-5 Wreck Near Zamora; Many Others Injured In Rollover Crash"

          One person died and seven others were injured early Tuesday when a Fresno-area family's sport utility vehicle rolled over along Interstate 5 near the Yolo County town of Zamora, the California Highway Patrol said. Authorities said a Ford Expedition carrying eight people crashed shortly before 1 a.m.
          The CHP said the family riding in the Expedition was on vacation and heading north to Washington state. Five people were taken to a hospital by ambulance, while two others were transported to a hospital by helicopter. CHP said the crash was likely caused when a rear tire of the Ford blew out. The wreck led rescue workers to close the road for about four hours. More...

MSNBC.com, "Ford recalls 3.6 million vehicles over switch; Cruise control in more than a dozen models from ’92 to ’04 linked to fires"

          Ford Motor Co. said Friday it is recalling 3.6 million passenger cars, trucks, sport utility vehicles and vans to address concerns about a cruise control switch that has led to previous recalls based on reports of fires. Ford said the recall covered more than a dozen vehicle models built from 1992-2004. The company said it was responding to concerns from owners about the safety of their cars and questions about the speed control deactivation switch in the vehicles that is powered at all times.
          The Dearborn, Mich.-based automaker previously had recalled nearly 6 million vehicles beginning in January 2005 because of engine fires linked to the cruise control systems in trucks, SUVs and vans. "Customers remain concerned about the long-term durability of the speed control system and about the safety of their vehicles," said Ford spokesman Dan Jarvis.
          He said the automaker had received "a few reports of fires" in Ford Crown Victoria passenger cars prior to the recall. He did not have a precise number. The recall involves the following vehicles: 1998-2002 Ford Ranger, 1992-1997 Lincoln Town Car, 1992-1997 Ford Crown Victoria, 1992-1997 Mercury Grand Marquis, 1993-1998 Lincoln Mark VIII, 1993-1995 Taurus SHO, 1999-2001 Ford Explorer and Mercury Mountaineer.
          Also covered are the 2001-2002 Ford Explorer Sport, 2001-2002 Ford Explorer Sport Trac, 1992-1993 E150-350 vans, 1997-2002 E150-350 vans, 1993 Ford F-Series pickups, 1993 Ford Bronco, 1994 Mercury Capri, 2003-2004 Ford F-150 Lightning, and 1995-2002 Ford F53 motor homes. An additional 177,000 vehicles in Canada, Mexico and Europe are covered by the recall. It was Ford’s sixth recall, involving a total of more than 10.4 million vehicles, conducted since 1999 because of problems with the speed control system, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The nation’s largest single recall involved 7.9 million Ford vehicles in 1996 to replace an ignition switch.

Learn more about Ford cruise control switch fires and injury and wrongful death lawsuits relating to these allegedly defective switches.

FayObserver.com (North Carolina), "1 dead, 4 injured in van crash on I-40"

          A single-vehicle accident on Interstate 40 left one person dead in Sampson County on Sunday afternoon, delaying traffic in the westbound lanes of the interstate for nearly two hours. Killed was Jon Trevor Butler, 28, of Cimmeron Drive Myrtle Beach, S.C. The accident happened at 3:20 p.m. on I-40, 8 miles west of Faison around the 350-mile marker, said Sgt. Joel Siles of the state Highway Patrol. More...

Law.com, "Florida Jury Awards $6 Million to Man Injured in Ford Van Rollover"

          After a six-week product liability trial, a Broward Circuit Court jury in Florida Wednesday awarded $6 million to a 22-year-old man for injuries he suffered five years ago in the rollover of a 1993 Ford Aerostar van. It was a victory for plaintiff Julian Felipe, who was temporarily paralyzed after the accident. The jury found that Ford Motor Co., the sole defendant in the case, was negligent in putting the vehicle on the market with a defect in the design and manufacture of its roof structure that led to a roof collapse. More...

Times & Democrat (South Carolina), "10-year-old girl dies in collision"

          Authorities say a 10-year-old Tennessee girl was wearing her seat belt, but died Tuesday after being ejected onto Interstate 26 from a van traveling to Georgia for a softball tournament. Alexis James of Knoxville died at the scene of a one-car crash at the 120 mile marker, according to Calhoun County Coroner Donnie Porth. "(Investigators) think that they had an extreme blowout," Porth said. "At some point, she was ejected." More...

Waco Tribune-Herald, "Waco Jury awards $8 million verdict in suit over 2005 big rig smashup"

          A Waco jury on Friday handed down an $8 million verdict against Charles Lay, of Waco, and Kansas-based National Carriers Inc., for the 2005 wrongful death of 20-year-old Round Rock resident Ellen Esther Deunsing, killed when her car was hit from behind by an 18-wheeler driven by Lay on U.S. Interstate 35. More...

LA Times, "Recall of Imported Tires is Sought"

         Federal regulators are asking the New Jersey company, Foreign Tire, to recall as many as 450,000 imported tires because the product was blamed for an accident that killed two people last year. More...

Inland Valley Daily Bulletin,"Three Kids Injured in Yamaha Rhino ATV Accident"

         A crash involving youths on a Yamaha Rhino off-road vehicle resulted in three injuries, police said. More...

Sacramento Bee, "Plaintiffs say Ford deceived auto buyers about Explorer safety"

          In a case that puts more than $2 billion in Ford Motor Co. profits at stake, plaintiffs' lawyers told a Sacramento judge Tuesday that the automaker deceived consumers by marketing its rollover-prone 1990s-era Explorers as safe replacements for family station wagons. Ford's lawyers countered that the Explorer was the safest vehicle in its class, with positive ratings from safety agencies and consumer magazines. More...

The Times (Shreveport), "Lake Charles Teen Dies in Yamaha Rhino ATV Accident"

         A 13-year-old Lake Charles girl died Sunday night in a Shreveport hospital following an ATV accident in south Sabine Parish, Deputy Coroner Ron Rivers said. More...

MSNBC.com, "Blind spots are a deadly flaw for most SUVs"

          How many kids can sit behind an SUV without being seen by the driver in the rearview mirrors? This is not a trick question. In fact, knowing the answer could save a child’s life. According to the consumer group Kids and Cars, as many as 62 children could be in that blind zone and you’d never know it. And that’s a huge problem. More...

Orlando Sentinel, "Victory Against Ford After Third Jury Trial in Seat Belt Defect Case; Jury awards Orange man $32.5M in '96 collision"

          A northwest Orange County man who suffered severe brain injuries in a 1996 car accident when a seat belt failed was awarded $32.5 million Thursday by a local jury. After a third trial in a long-disputed case, an Orange Circuit Court jury ruled that a restraint-system defect caused the head injury to Mark Force, now 38. It also ruled that Ford Motor Co. and Mazda Motor Corp. -- which designed the seat-belt system for part-owner Ford -- were negligent for failing to warn consumers about the seat-belt defect in the 1993 Ford Escort driven by Force. More...

WBZ-TV.com, "Could Your Car Have a Dangerous Defect"

         Our I-Team has uncovered a serious gap in the system designed to notify you about life-threatening defects in your vehicle. More...

KUAM News, "Mitsubishi Montero Rollover Accident"

         A 25-year-old Dededo man was arrested in connection with a car crash that happened over the weekend on Route 3 in Dededo. More...

Montgomery Advertiser, "Wal-Mart to pay $4 million in tire suit"

          Wal-Mart will pay a $4 million judgment to Carolyn Thorne in a lawsuit stemming from a tire failure three years go that caused a wreck and left the local woman paralyzed from her injuries. Thorne was paralyzed in a one-vehicle accident on April 24, 2004, when the tread on the left rear tire of her Ford Expedition separated, causing the SUV to flip into the median on I-85. More...

Associated Press, "Alabama Jury returns $4 million verdict against Wal-Mart For Tire Shop Negligent Supervision | Tire Blowout | Explorer Rollover"

          A Montgomery woman who was paralyzed in a 2004 rollover crash that occurred when the tread on one of her SUV's tires separated has been awarded $4 million in a judgment against Wal-Mart, whose service center failed to spot the defective tire. Thorne was driving her Ford Expedition to a business seminar in La Grange, Ga. when the tire tread separated and caused her to lose control, Allen said. The SUV rolled over one time and the roof was crushed down to the steering wheel, he said. More...

Associated Press, "Chevrolet Blazer has highest driver death rate"

          General Motors Corp. vehicles had the highest and lowest driver death rates from 2002 through 2005, according to a study being released Thursday by the insurance industry. Two-door, two-wheel drive Chevrolet Blazers built from 2001 to 2004 had the highest rate of 232 driver deaths per million registered vehicles during the four-year span, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety found. By contrast, the Chevrolet Astro minivan had the lowest rate with only seven deaths per million registered vehicles. It was followed by the Infiniti G35, BMW 7 Series and the Toyota 4Runner. More...

Associated Press, "Ford recalls SUVs for brake trouble"

500,000 Escapes from 2001-2004 linked to potential engine fire danger

          Ford Motor Co. said Tuesday it was recalling more than 500,000 Ford Escape sport utility vehicles after receiving reports of engine fires linked to corrosion on antilock brake connectors. Ford said the recall involved 444,880 Escapes from the 2001-2004 model years in the United States, and about 75,000 Escapes in Canada, Mexico and Europe. The recall does not affect hybrid versions of the SUV, the automaker said. More...

Associated Press, "Lawsuit blames tire in Los Angeles freeway crash that killed five"

          A lawsuit claims a defective tire caused a pickup truck crash on a Southern California freeway that killed five family members. The suit, filed Tuesday in federal court, accuses Continental Tire North America Inc. of wrongful death, negligence, product liability and breach of implied warranty. It was filed on behalf of two women whose mother, father and 4-year-old brother died in the March 15 crash. More...

The St. Augustine Record, "St. Johns County woman injured as 'parked' car rolls"

          A 45-year-old St. Johns County woman is in Shands Medical Center Jacksonville after a freak accident Friday. Teresa Meador told St. Johns County Sheriff's deputies she got out of her 2004 Ford Explorer to check the mailbox at her home on South Bar-B-Ranch Road shortly after noon Friday. The SUV began backing up, catching her and dragging her underneath, said Sheriff's Office spokesman Sgt. Chuck Mulligan. More...

Los Angeles Times, "5 Killed in wreck on 10 Freeway in Ontario (California)"

         Investigators are trying to determine if a separated tire tread may have caused a pickup truck to veer out of control and slam into a tree Thursday morning on the shoulder of the 10 Freeway in Ontario, killing five family members, including two children. More...

Lawyers USA, "50M punitive award sidesteps High Court ruling"

          In the first major punitive damages award since the U.S. Supreme Court placed new limits on punitive damages earlier this year, a Los Angeles jury ordered DaimlerChrysler to pay $5.2 million in compensatory damages and $50 million in punitives to a man run over by his own truck. More...

Associated Press, "LA jury says DaimlerChrysler must pay $54 million in truck death"

          A jury found that DaimlerChrysler must pay about $54 million to the family of a longshoreman who was killed by a Dodge truck that backed over him at the Port of Los Angeles, attorneys said Friday. A Superior Court jury awarded damages to the family of Richard Mraz, 38, of San Pedro, in a negligence and product liability suit. More...

Long Beach Press Telegram, "$55.2M award in port death; Jury finds DaimlerChrysler negligent in alleged 'park-to-reverse' defect"

          The family of a longshoreman who was run over by a Dodge pickup at a container terminal in 2004 has been awarded $55.2 million by a jury who found the truck mechanically defective. More...

Wire Services, "San Pedro family verdict: $50 million; Punitive award for a death blamed on a faulty vehicle produced by DaimlerChrysler follows decision granting compensatory damages"

          A San Pedro woman and her three children were awarded $50 million in punitive damages Wednesday in a wrongful death suit against DaimlerChrysler Corp. A Los Angeles Superior Court jury found that DaimlerChrysler knowingly and intentionally failed to cure a defect that led to the May 1, 2004, death of 38-year-old Richard Mraz, according to Robert J. Nelson, attorney for Mraz's widow, Adriana Mraz. More...

Detroit News, "DCX loses suit in Dodge owner's death; L.A. jury awards $55M to Dakota driver's wife, who contends truck's defect killed husband"

          A Los Angeles County jury Wednesday slapped DaimlerChrysler AG with a $55 million verdict in a trial stemming from the April 2004 death of a 38-year-old longshoreman killed in an accident involving his 1992 Dodge Dakota. More...

The Star, "Police couple die in collision blamed on blowout"

         A road accident has claimed the lives of two police officers and injured three other people. More...

Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, "Woman killed, two injured in rollover car crash"

         A woman was killed and her husband and 5-month-old baby were injured Tuesday when they were thrown from their car in a rollover crash. More...

Press Release: $54.4 Million Verdict Imposed Against DaimlerChrysler Corporation For Failing To Fix Known Transmission "Park-to-Reverse" Defect That Killed Young Father At San Pedro | Long Beach Maritime Terminal

          Robert J. Nelson, Scott P. Nealey, and Chuck Naylor, counsel for Adriana Mraz and her three children in a wrongful death action against DaimlerChrysler Corporation, announced that a California-state jury today returned a $54.4 million punitive damages award against DaimlerChrysler for knowing about and intentionally failing to cure a defect in millions of its vehicles. On March 2, 2007, the same jury found DaimlerChrysler liable for the death of Richard Mraz and returned a verdict of $5.2 million in compensatory damages for Mrs. Mraz and her children. More...

Detroit News, "Texan's death rekindles Ford switch issue; Family of retiree files suit blaming component linked with engine fires"

          Al Gavegan Sr.'s death in a house fire last summer left family and friends in San Antonio searching for answers -- and they say the evidence leads straight to Ford Motor Co. and a faulty electrical switch. More...

Local 6, "Bikers Killed When Tire Blows"

          A husband and wife died after their motorcycle wrecked Sunday on Interstate 4 in what officials called a Bike Week related crash. More...

Calgary Sun, "Death of girl called tragic accident" [Automobile power window dangers]

          Police are calling the death of a two-year old girl a tragic accident after she got her head caught in the power window of a vehicle while her mother was running an errand. The accident happened after the mother stopped to run a quick errand on the way to dropping her six-year-old son off at school. She left her children in the vehicle with the engine running. More...

Bloomberg News, "Honeywell loses seat belt verdict; Federal jury in Texas awards $24 million to the family of a teen who was killed in a crash"

          Honeywell International Inc. was ordered by a Texas jury to pay $24 million to the family of an 18-year-old woman who was killed in a sport utility vehicle rollover accident. More...

Newark Star-Ledger, "SUV Rollover caused by tire blowout"

         Two people were injured when their SUV struck a guardrail and rolled over twice on the Garden State Parkway yesterday, State Police said. More...

CBS 3 (Philadelphia), "SUV dangers include 'frontovers'"

          A CBS 3 investigation found a driving danger that has killed dozens of children. You think you are doing everything right to protect your family, but Investigative Reporter Jim Osman shows how a New Jersey couple, who also thought they had their two-year old son safeguarded, ended up planning his funeral. More...

New Jersey Law Journal, "NJ Judge OKs $14.5M Settlement in Class Action Over Bad Jeep Brakes"

          A New Jersey judge has approved a $14.5 million settlement in a national class action alleging defective brakes on Jeep Grand Cherokees. More...

Insurance Journal, "Chrysler Recalls Vehicles to Reprogram Brake System Computers"

          DaimlerChrysler AG's Chrysler Group said Friday it was recalling more than 60,000 vehicles to reprogram a brake system computer to avoid the loss of antilock brakes and traction control. More...

The Post and Courier, "Judge Refuses new trial in $31 million accident verdict"

          A judge refused to order a new trial after a jury awarded $31 million to the family of passenger injured in a Ford rollover accident. More...

Associated Press, "GM opens rollover test facility; automaker hopes to develop sensors for special air bags to help prevent ejections"

          General Motors Corp. on Tuesday unveiled a $10-million crash test facility that will help the automaker study rollover crashes. The Detroit-based company also said that by 2012 it would make rollover-enabled air bags a standard feature on all its retail vehicles. The air bags currently are used on 43% of GM's trucks. More...

The Napa Valley Register, "Napa Mom Dies on Trail"

          A Napa mother, Kelli Lynn Bruner, 37 lost her life early Tuesday morning in a single-vehicle crash on Silverado Trail, south of Hagen Road. More...

ABC News, "Rollovers Account for 33 Percent of all Auto Realted Deaths"

          Rollovers account for 3 percent of all auto accidents but nearly 33 percent of all auto-related deaths. General Motors Corp. is trying to do something about that startling statistic. More...

Enterprise News, "Lawsuit Blames Ford Motor Co. for Death"

          A trial began Thursday in the case of a Beaumont family which is suing Ford Motor Co., claiming the design of their SUV was defective and led to the death of their son in a 2004 accident. More...

Arizona Daily Star, "Tire Treads Separate, Three die in SUV rollover crash"

          Three people were killed and three others were injured in a rollover crash on Interstate 10 near the Cochise-Pima county line Monday. All of the deceased and injured are from Tucson, said Officer Jim Oien, a Department of Public Safety spokesman. They are all brothers and cousins who work together. More...

The Bakersfield Californian, "Man Killed In Tread Separation Accident"

          A man killed in a crash on Interstate 5 near Valprado Road on Friday afternoon has been identified by the Kern County coroner's office. More...

San Francisco Chronicle, "Anti-Rollover Tech Required by 2012"

          New automobiles will be required to have anti-rollover technology by the 2012 model year, which should save thousands of lives annually, the government's traffic safety agency said Thursday. More...

Los Angeles Times, "34 Are Hurt When Bus Rolls Over on Off-Ramp"

          A bus traveling from New York to Boston rolled over on an interstate offramp in Auburn, injuring 34 people, authorities said. More...

WSBTV.com, "Women's Truck Goes Up In Flames While Parked"

        Cassandra Miles says about an hour after she had parked her 2001 Ford F-150 in the driveway near her garage Wednesday – she heard the truck’s alarm start going off. More...

USA Today, "Ford recalls 1.2M trucks over fire hazard; almost 6M vehicles recalled for issue"

          Ford recalled 1.2 million trucks, sport-utility vehicles and vans on Thursday amid concerns of potential engine fires, expanding upon one of the largest vehicle recalls in history. Ford Motor said the recall was tied to the cruise control deactivation switch system, which could corrode over time, overheat and catch fire. Learn more about the Ford truck fire hazard vehicle recall.

San Francisco Chronicle, "Ford Issues Recall, Sees 2Q Loss"

         Ford Motor Co., already reeling from business setbacks, recalled 1.2 million trucks, sport utility vehicles and vans Thursday amid concerns about potential engine fires.  Ford said the recall was tied to the speed control deactivation switch system, which could corrode over time, overheat and ignite. It builds upon one of the largest recalls in U.S. history. More...

The Detroit News, "Tire Makers Try to Protect Safety History Data"

         A federal judge on Monday spurned a request from tire makers who wanted a ban on releasing detailed information about tires and their safety history. More

The Wall Street Journal, "Bridgestone Unit Widens Tire-Recall Efforts"

         Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire LLC said it is taking additional steps, including sending letters to current owners of certain Ford Explorers, to make sure tires recalled in 2000 and 2001 have been taken off the road. More...

Detroit News, "Check tires:Tire maker will warn owners that some tires recalled in 2000-01 may still be on the road"

Six years after a multi-billion dollar recall of 6.5 million Firestone tires linked to hundreds of rollover injuries and deaths, the tire maker is making a renewed effort to notify customers that tens of thousands of the tires may still be on the road.

Bridgestone/Firestone North America Tire LLC, the Nashville, Tenn.-based subsidiary of Japan's Bridgestone Corp., said Friday it will notify customers again of the potential hazard. The action follows reports of at least five serious recent accidents tied to recalled tires, including the May 21 death of an 11-year-old boy in California.

City News Service, "Bridgestone Recall"

         Bridgestone Firestone today renewed its recall of defective tires made for the Ford Explorer and other SUVS in the late 1990s, as two more lawsuits were filed against the company in Los Angeles. More...

Associated Press Worldstream , "Bridgestone Firestone to Notify US Owners of Recalled Tires"

         Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire, seeking to finish the massive tire recalls it began six years ago, said Friday it would notify owners to bring in 200,000 recalled tires that may still be on vehicles or used as spares. More...

CNN, "Firestone tires recall linked to recent deaths; Firestone announces renewed recall after recent deaths and injuries in rollovers involving SUVs"

Associated Press, "Bridgestone Firestone to Notify Owners of Recalled Tires"

          Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire, seeking to finish the massive tire recalls it began six years ago, said Friday it will notify owners to bring in 200,000 recalled tires that may still be on vehicles or used as spares. More...

Learn more about tire failures, tire defects and personal injury vehicle lawsuits.

News-Democrat, "Collinsville woman settles lawsuit for $7 million; Husband died in camper fire caused by faulty refrigerator"

          A Collinsville woman whose husband died in a camper fire due to a faulty refrigerator has settled a lawsuit for $7 million, and her attorney suspects that as many as 12,000 recreational vehicles have similar refrigerators which could cause fires. More...

CNN Money, "Toyota's totally bizarre recall; Why would Toyota issue a recall designed to make vehicles less safe?"

          This fall, Toyota will voluntarily recall nearly 160,000 Toyota Tundra pickups so that they can be made less safe for children riding in the front seat. More...

Rubber & Plastics News, "Safety Group Urges BFS to Reissue Tire Recall Notification"

         A safety research group with ties to trial lawyers is asking the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to initiate a recall query on the August 2000 recall of 6.5 million Firestone ATX and Wilderness radial tires. More...

Bloomberg News, "Ford Loses Appeal in Windstar Seat Belt Suit"

          Ford Motor Co. lost its appeal of a $30-million verdict by a Los Angeles County Superior Court jury that found the company sold Windstar minivans with a defective seat belts.
          Ford was sued by relatives of Johan Karlsson, who was 5 years old in 1996 when the family's minivan hit a roll of steel that fell from a truck on a highway, breaking the child's spine and leaving him a paraplegic.

Reuters, "Connecticut urges probe into Jeep Grand Cherokee"

          Connecticut urged federal regulators on Tuesday to probe possible acceleration flaws in late-model Jeep Grand Cherokees after a 52-year-old man was run over and killed by one in a car wash.
          Connecticut authorities said they had received several reports of Jeep Grand Cherokees suddenly accelerating out of car washes while changing gears to drive from neutral. More...

Associated Press, "Stability Control Gear Cuts Auto Deaths, Study Finds"

          Ten thousand fatal automobile crashes a year, or nearly one-third of such accidents in the U.S., could be prevented if more vehicles were equipped with technology that helps to keep them from rolling over, the insurance industry says in a study released today. More...

Bloomberg News, "Chrysler Recalls Grand Cherokees for Seat Fires"

          DaimlerChrysler's Chrysler unit recalled 111,687 Jeep Grand Cherokees after some heated front seats on the sport utility vehicles caught fire.
          The carmaker received 32 reports of fires or overheating, with 15 injuries, said a spokesman at Chrysler's headquarters in Auburn Hills, Mich. He said at least six lawsuits had been filed by owners who were burned. The recall affects 2003 and 2004 models.
          Also, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Volkswagen was recalling 1998 through 2000 models of its Audi A6 and S6 models for a second time. A short circuit in dashboard wiring might not have been properly repaired after a 2004 recall, the agency said.

11Alive.com (Atlanta, GA), "'Defect' Blamed in Toddler's Death"

          A toddler was killed Tuesday night in front of his Cobb County home when a minivan, with its engine off, rolled over him. According to police, another child had been able to shift the minivan out of "park" setting the vehicle in motion. More...

Los Angeles Times, "U.S. Reviewing Bridgestone's Steeltex Tires"

          Steeltex tires from Bridgestone Corp. are being reviewed by U.S. auto safety regulators after a Pasadena lawyer claimed they were linked to accidents that killed 57 people. More...

Associated Press, "GM to Recall About 40,000 Pickup Trucks"

          General Motors Corp. is recalling about 400,000 pickup trucks due to defective brake lights. The affected vehicles are the Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon from the 2004-2006 model years and the 2006 Isuzu i-280 and i-350. More...

The Arizona Republic, "Arizona Doesn't Tread Lightly"

          Every summer, hundreds of drivers experience sudden and sometimes catastrophic tread separations mostly caused by a combination of poor maintenance, tire damage and excess heat. More...

Appellate Court Affirms Jury Verdict Finding Ford Escort Defective

          The Court of Appeals of Tennessee at Knoxville upheld a Cumberland County trial court’s decision in Potter, et al. v. Ford Motor Company. Learn more about defective Ford Escorts and lawsuits relating to Ford Escort defects.

Detroit News, "But GM won't concede defeat in $18.6 million jury award to woman paralyzed in 1997 crash"

          It's been nearly nine years since Penny Shipler's spine was crushed when the roof of a 1996-model Chevrolet S-10 Blazer collapsed around her in a rollover accident. But it wasn't until last week that the paralyzed Nebraska woman apparently won her long legal battle against General Motors Corp.

Bloomberg News, "Ford said risky tires were OK for SUV; Replacements for Explorer did poorly in rollover tests"

          Ford Motor Co. approved replacement tires for its Explorer sport utility vehicle that made it just as likely to roll over as the originals that Ford blamed for more than 200 deaths.

Lawyers Weekly USA, "Ford Must Pay $29 M in Auto Accident"

         A Texas jury ordered Ford Motor Co. to pay $29 million on Jan. 27 to a woman who was paralyzed in a rollover accident caused, at least in part, by a tire defect. More...

Associated Press Financial Wire , "Michelin Recalls Pilot Sport Tires"

       Michelin North America Inc. said Thursday it is recalling about 6,500 tires in its Pilot Sport line in the United States and Canada, saying the tires don't meet the company's quality standards. More...

Los Angeles Times, "Bridgestone, Ford Settle Tire Dispute"

         Tire maker Bridgestone Corp. agreed to pay $240 million to Ford Motor Co. to settle a cost-sharing dispute over a massive tire recall five years ago. More...

St. Petersburg Times (Florida), "Tiremaker Settles Suit with Widow"

         The widow of an Inverness man who was killed in a 2001 accident when his tire blew out and caused his Ford minivan to flip on Interstate 75 has settled with the tire manufacturer, despite the company's insistence that it was not liable in the crash. More...

Enterprise Records , "Skyway Crash Blamed Partly on Tire Wear"

         The California Highway Patrol said bad weather, balding tires and a young driver's inexperience combined to result in a rollover crash on the Skyway Wednesday. More...