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Tire Defects and Legal
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| In 2001, following
the death of 271 people and more than 700 injuries
attributed to defective tire separation, the
U.S. Department of Transportation National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration ("NHTSA")
ordered Bridgestone/Firestone Corp. to recall
6.5 million Firestone ATX and Wilderness tires. |
| NHTSA’s Office
of Defects Investigation found Firestone’s
ATX and Wilderness tires, which were predominately
used as original equipment on Ford Explorer
SUVs, to be “dangerously defective.” Firestone’s
tires were found to have inferior belt wedge
thickness, poor shoulder design and inadequate
belt adhesion levels. Further analysis by outside
experts found that the rubber used to manufacture
the tires may have been contaminated and/or
substandard. |
| In response to the
Firestone tire recall in 2000, Congress adopted
the Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability,
and Documentation (TREAD) Act. Among its provision,
the TREAD Act requires that all new passenger
vehicles must be equipped with tire monitoring
systems beginning with a phased implementation
in 2004. The TREAD Act also redefined and expanded
what constitutes a recall. Unfortunately, thousands
of vehicles are probably still equipped with
recalled Firestone tires, and fatalities and
injuries continue to occur. |
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| Lieff
Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein,
LLP represents persons injured
in vehicle accidents. Click
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| Ordinarily, the fatigue
life of a tire should exceed its tread life by
a substantial design/safety margin. However, manufacturing
and design defects cause shorter fatigue life and
can lead to catastrophic accidents, injuries and
death long before a tire’s tread is worn out
and long before a tire’s useful life should
be over. |
| Belt-leaving-belt tread
separations, whether or not accompanied by a loss
of air from the tire, drastically reduce the ability
of a driver to control a vehicle. This is particularly
true when the failure occurs on a rear wheel and
at a high rate of speed. |
| Learn more about specific
tire defects, tire recalls and tire failure
lawsuits by visiting the following pages: |
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| When the tread and
belt separate from the body of a tire, the
driver often hears a loud thumping noise before
the vehicle goes out of control. The events
following a tire failure occur so rapidly and
unexpectedly that it is virtually impossible
for even the best drivers to avoid accidents
in high-speed situations. |
| Persons who have been
injured in accidents involving defective tires,
or family members of loved ones who have died
in such accidents who would like to learn more
about their legal rights, are welcome to contact
an attorney at Lieff Cabraser by clicking
here. There is no charge or obligation
for our review of your case. |
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have a nationwide
team of experienced auto
defect and car accident
lawyers assigned
to our vehicle injury
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have retained leading
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and auto defect experts. |
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legal assistants, investigators
and nurses to assist
in the prosecution
of the claims of our
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| Alternatively,
you may call Lieff Cabraser toll-free at 1-800-541-7358
and ask to speak to partner Fabrice Vincent. |
| Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein,
LLP, is a national law firm of over 50 lawyers with offices in San Francisco,
New York and Nashville. Our attorneys are recognized
for the successful prosecution of lawsuits involving deaths, personal injuries
and property damage due to defective products, including in the field of vehicle
safety. |
| In 2007, in the case
of Mraz
v. DaimlerChrysler, Lieff Cabraser
attorneys, with local co-counsel, obtained
the fourth largest verdict in California for
the year. At trial, plaintiffs showed that
a defective
transmission was responsible for making
a Dodge Dakota pickup shift into reverse and
run over Richard Mraz. |
| Currently, we are
prosecuting personal injury and wrongful death lawsuits involving cars, vans,
pickup trucks, SUVs, the Yamaha Rhino and other
vehicles. To learn more about the firm, click
here. |
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| About Lieff Cabraser:
Drivers and passengers injured in auto crashes and pickup truck and SUV rollover
accidents, or families of loved ones who died, may be eligible to file lawsuits
against other drivers at fault or against the manufacturer of their vehicle if
the accident was due to a safety defect. Safety defects can include a high risk
of rolling
over, tire tread
separation, seat
belt failures and other defects. Learn
more... |
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