Category : Tire Defects

Accident Victim Families Get Access to Tire Company Files

On the face of it, there’s nothing extraordinary about the lawsuit filed by the families of Utah State University students who were killed in a 2005 crash.

The lawsuit was filed against Cooper Tire, the company that made the tires that blew out as the students were returning to campus from a field trip. The van rolled over several times and the crash killed eight students and an instructor. The families, who have already settled with Chrysler, the maker of the 15-passenger van, have since then focused attention on the tire maker, alleging that their tires were faulty, a charge Cooper denies. Their company, they claim, always makes “safe and reliable tires.” This is where the case stops being ordinary.

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