Jury Begins Deliberating in Firestone Tire Case
From Times Wire Reports
Deliberations began in a $1-billion liability lawsuit against Bridgestone/Firestone Inc. stemming from a rollover accident that left a Texas woman paralyzed.
The judge asked jurors in a McAllen court to decide if the Firestone Wilderness AT tire had a manufacturing defect because of poor design and negligence.
The lawsuit was brought by Joel Rodriguez, a physician whose wife, Marisa, was left brain-damaged and in a wheelchair after the crash of a Ford Explorer with Firestone tires on a Mexican road last year.
