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Lieff Cabraser attorneys Robert J. Nelson and Scott Nealey discuss a wrongful death lawsuit based on a transmission defect in millions of Chrysler vehicles.

Vehicle Safety News

October 13, 2005

Los Angeles Times, "Bridgestone, Ford Settle Tire Dispute"

Tire maker Bridgestone Corp. agreed to pay $240 million to Ford Motor Co. to settle a cost-sharing dispute over a massive tire recall five years ago. The deal announced Wednesday involved the recall of nearly 20 million of Bridgestone's Firestone brand tires in one of the most highly publicized product safety scandals in history.

At least 350 people were reported killed in the U.S. and abroad, and hundreds more were seriously injured when tire blowouts triggered rollover wrecks of Ford Explorer sport utility vehicles. Ford put the blame on defective tires; Bridgestone said drivers could have steered the vehicles to safety but for their top- heavy design. "We have effectively settled all the disputes between the two companies," Ford spokesman Paul Wood said. The deal "reflects a compromise," said Chris Karbowiak, vice president of public affairs for Bridgestone Firestone Americas in Nashville.

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Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, is a national plaintiffs' law firm of over 50 lawyers with offices in San Francisco, New York and Nashville. Our attorneys are recognized for the successful prosecution of lawsuits involving deaths, personal injuries and property damage due to defective products, including dangerous and defective vehicles.

In 2007, in Mraz v. DaimlerChrysler, Lieff Cabraser attorneys, with local co-counsel, obtained the fourth-largest verdict in California for the year. At trial, plaintiffs showed that a defective transmission was responsible for making a Dodge Dakota pickup shift into reverse and run over Richard Mraz.

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