Goodyear Tire Hit With $33 Million Jury Award For Texas Man’s Death

Mealey's (February 26, 2019, 12:06 PM EST) -- CARRIZO SPRINGS, Texas — A Texas jury awarded $33 million on Feb. 22 to the widow and two children of a man who was killed when his vehicle was struck by a cement truck that had a tire blow out.  The jury held Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. 90 percent responsible for the man’s death, and the trial spotlighted allegations of the company’s shoddy workmanship and tire plant mismanagement (Elvia Munoz, et al. v. D.G.J. Transport Inc., et al., No. 13-06-12009, Texas Dist., 365th Jud. Dist., Dimmit Co.)....

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