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Product Liability

August 16, 2007
It now appears there may be millions of faulty Chinese tires on the highways in this country. The suspect tires have been sold in the United States and apparently are far more in number than initial estimates indicated.



Product Liability

SELMA TIMES-JOURNAL | June 19, 2007
Testimony is scheduled to continue today in civil proceeds in Dallas County Circuit Court where a Dallas County man is seeking damages against Honda American Motors because of a one-vehicle accident that left him paralyzed from the neck down.



Product Liability

May 15, 2007
The U.S. Supreme Court ordered a San Diego court to review a jury's $55 million punitive award against Ford Motor Co., for a woman paralyzed in an SUV accident.



Product Liability

THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE | May 9, 2007
Freeman, 48, was driving a tractor-trailer on the highway when he was involved in an offset frontal collision. On impact, the truck left the road and rolled over.



Product Liability

LAWYER’S USA | May 7, 2007
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.



Product Liability

LAWYERSANDSETTLEMENTS.COM | April 22, 2007
A lawyer is requesting that Indiana Mills & Manufacturing Inc., (IMMI) recall 15,000 defective seat belts, which can be found on tractor-trailer trucks driven throughout the country.



Product Liability

THE DECATUR DAILY | April 21, 2007
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.



Product Liability

LAWYERSANDSETTLEMENTS.COM | April 20, 2007
The manufacturer of a seat belt buckle settled recently for an undisclosed amount in an Alabama lawsuit filed following the death of a truck driver during a collision.



Product Liability

LAWYERSANDSETTLEMENTS.COM | April 4, 2007
Between 2002 and 2004, seatbelt manufacturer Indiana Mills and Manufacturing, Inc. (IMMI) manufactured and sold seatbelt buckles for use in heavy trucks and school buses.



Product Liability

MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER | January 31, 2007
A Montgomery lawyer will ask a vehicle safety company to recall 15,000 defective seat belts; despite the company's contention the buckles meet federal safety guidelines.