Wrongful Death Claim: Defective Tire
The client’s husband left for work one morning in the company pick up truck. He was driving north on I-15, when his vehicle suddenly went out of control, went off the road, and rolled over. He was ejected and died at the scene. His surviving wife, our client, was pregnant with their first child.
Our investigation uncovered the fact that the right rear tire tread had peeled off the truck tire. We retained scientific experts who concluded that the defective tire caused the loss of control. We filed a lawsuit against the tire manufacturer. The tire manufacturer, after blaming everything and everyone for the tire failure but its own design, began pointing the finger at the car manufacturer. The tire manufacturer contended the tire failed because it had been a spare, mounted by the truck manufacturer in a place where heat from the tailpipe damaged it. We settled the case before trial and both manufacturers paid substantial amounts of money.