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Louisiana Supreme Court Rejects Goodyear's Appeal of $7.2M Tire Defect Verdict

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Friday, October 22, 2021

NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Louisiana Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal by Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., leaving in place a $7.2 million wrongful death verdict for the family of a Plaquemines Parish man who was killed when a defective Goodyear G182 tire suddenly exploded.

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  • NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Louisiana Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal by Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., leaving in place a $7.2 million wrongful death verdict for the family of a Plaquemines Parish man who was killed when a defective Goodyear G182 tire suddenly exploded.
  • The case is one of several recent favorable outcomes secured by the Kaster, Lynch, Farrar & Ball trial team, including:
    A $3.08 million tire defect verdict against Kumho Tire in September 2021.
  • A $1.2 million jury verdict upheld on appeal in May 2020 on behalf of an Arkansas truck driver seriously injured in a crash caused by a defective Hankook tire.
  • Numerous tire defect settlements with significant confidential awards against some of the world's largest tire and automotive companies, including Cooper Tire & Rubber Company, Bridgestone Tire and Michelin.