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Firestone Tires
Deadly Chinese Tires Recalled by National Highway Traffic Safety Administration:
Jun 28, 2007
| Parker Waichman LLP
Defective tires have been added to an ever-growing list of dangerous Chinese imports. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration...
Ford ordered to pay $29M in rollover crash
Jan 28, 2006
| AP
Ford Motor Co. was ordered to pay $29 million Friday in the case of a 22-year-old woman who was partially paralyzed after the Firestone tire on her...
Bridgestone Recalls 27,000 Tires
Aug 27, 2004
| AP
Bridgestone/Firestone offered Thursday to replace 27,000 tires sold in North America over concerns that a belt in the tires may detach, possibly...
$149M Bridgestone-Firestone Deal Approved
Mar 15, 2004
| AP
A Texas state court judge Monday approved a $149 million settlement of 30 class-action lawsuits filed on behalf of tire owners against...
Family Is Suing Ford, Firestone Over 2001 Crash
Apr 26, 2003
| St. Petersburg Times
The family of an Inverness man killed when a tire blew out and his Ford minivan flipped on Interstate 75 two years ago is suing Ford Motor Co. and...
Ford, Bridgestone-Firestone Settle Wrongful-Death Suit
Jan 9, 2003
| AP
Ford Motor Co. and Bridgestone-Firestone have settled civil charges brought after a tire blowout and crash killed a civil-rights leader and injured...
Firestone, Ford Settle Suit In Crash Killing Civil Rights Leader
Jan 7, 2003
| AP
Bridgestone-Firestone and Ford Motor Co. settled a lawsuit Monday with two people injured in a wreck that killed a civil rights leader.The companies...
Firestone Announces Tire Recalls Affecting Nearly 20,000 Tires
Sep 10, 2002
| The Wall Street Journal
Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire LLC announced two separate tire recalls, one for mislabeling and the other for a flaw in manufacturing. The...
Lawsuit In U.S. Alleges Bridgestone/Firestone Tire Defect
Aug 13, 2002
| AP
A proposed class-action lawsuit was filed Tuesday against Bridgestone/Firestone Inc., alleging that its Steeltex tires are defective and prone to...
Study: Nearly Half of Tires Would Fail Proposed U.S. Government Standards
Jun 6, 2002
| AP
Proposed standards for tire safety are "unwarranted and extreme," says a tire industry group that claims nearly half the tires being used today would...
