Like many people, Carolyne Thorne once thought recalled tires got whisked off cars quickly in the name of highway safety.

A Retired aerospace mechanic, Billy Wayne Woods babies his $200,000 luxury motor home, conscientiously cleaning it, covering its tires with wheel covers and even constructing a special RV- carport.

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.