Tire Lawyer
Tire Defect, Tire Blowout,Tread Separation & Defective Tires Attorney
Tire defects and tire failures are responsible for many motor vehicle injuries and deaths, primarily from tire tread separations and blow-outs. Many of these tire tread failures or tire belt defects lead to rollover accidents, one of the primary causes of spinal cord injury and paralysis amongst catastrophic vehicle accident survivors.
The dangers of tire defects became well known to the public starting in 2000, when Bridgestone famously recalled faulty tires that caused major accidents in Ford Explorer SUVs.
Tread Separation and other tire defects
At some point, in recent years, just about every major tire manufacturer at some point in recent years including BF Goodrich, Uniroyal, Continental and Cooper.
Tire tread separations are caused by design or manufacturing flaws in the tire tread and even in the tire itself. They have occurred since the tire industry switched to steel belted radial tires in favor of the old fashioned bias-ply tires. When they're made properly, steel belted tires indeed perform better than their older counterparts, with longer tire lifespan and better fuel economy. However, when a steel-belted radial tire loses its tread at highway speeds, they frequently result in the loss of control and vehicle rollover.
When a rear tire on a vehicle blows out it becomes very difficult to control the vehicle, this is especially true when traveling at highway speeds. This often results in the rear of the vehicle swinging around perpendicular to the direction traffic is traveling. If this yawing is not reversed immediately the sideways motion will likely lead to the tire bead separating from the rim, allowing the rim to dig into the pavement, causing the vehicle to be propelled into a roll over.
Even worse, tire failure and rollover problems are exacerbated by the high center-of-gravity vehicle design found in many popular SUVs, 15 passenger vans and light trucks.
Nevertheless, major tire manufacturers have sold or equipped new cars with tires containing any number of defects that can cause tread separation. Tread separation occurs when the outside layers of a car separate from the inner layers. The tire's tread may come off completely and wrap around vehicle parts.
Still, major tire manufacturers had sold or equipped new cars with tires containing any number of defects that caused tread separation. Tread separation occurs when the outside layers of a car separate from the inner layers. The tire's tread may come off completely and wrap around vehicle parts.
Whether it was by poor design or poor construction, faulty tires have indeed forced many safe drivers into a life with paralysis. Other tire problems include tire shredding and adhesion failures.
Unfortunately, tire recalls come too late for many people. Sometimes, it's only after individuals on roadways experienced trauma that tire makers issued recalls. Still, if you're affected by a faulty tire accident, and you're left with new hardships from a spinal cord injury, you can pursue both medical and legal options.
In the U.S., we place a large burden on those who design, manufacture, and sell our products to make them as safe as reasonably possible. When tire companies don't follow government guidelines and even their own standards for tire design and manufacturing, they can be liable for the damages caused by their equipment.
Hope for Tire Defects Victims
The Ammons Law personal injury law firm has a considerable amount of knowledge and experience in tire tread separation defect litigation and has gathered a wealth of information concerning tire tread separations, and tire defects. Due to his vast background in handling tire defect cases, Rob Ammons was chosen to serve on the Plaintiff's Steering Committee for the National Ford/Firestone tire litigation.
Attorney Rob Ammons was a part of the legal team handling one of the nation's first Firestone ATX Radial Tire Tread Separation and Ford Explorer rollover cases in 1997. A products liability lawsuit was filed against Ford and Firestone in 1998 citing that to the Ford Explorer went out of control and rolled after the back left Firestone ATX radial tire tread had separated. After a lengthy battle with Firestone and Ford, a very meaningful settlement was confidentially reached by all parties involved.
In July, 2001, Mr. Ammons was recognized as one of the select products liability attorneys in the nation and awarded the prestigious Steven J. Sharp Public Service Award for his contribution in investigating and gathering evidence pertaining to tire tread and tire belt separation and vehicle rollovers in Firestone Tire and Ford Explorer Cases. These efforts by Mr. Ammons and others helped lead to the largest recall in U.S. history. This award was presented to Mr. Ammons by the President of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Tough Legal Representation with Experience!
If you or a member of your family has been seriously injured or if a loved one has been killed in a rollover or serious vehicle accident that may have been caused in part to a tire failure or tire tread separation, then contact us or call (866) 523-1606 today!
Our experienced trial lawyers will fight to make sure you receive the resources and compensation you need to cope with loss of income, disability, and paralysis that may come with a major vehicle accident.