Goodyear Tire Loses Wrongful Death Case

Even though they had the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and several other pro-business groups to support them, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company were unable to convince the Nevada Supreme Court that they deserved another chance. Their request for another hearing was denied when the Court found that the company's attorneys had engaged in stall tactics and acted in bad faith.

This all revolves around a $30 millionwrongful death lawsuit against the tire giant for the rollover death of three people in August 2004; one more person was also injured in this accident.

According to court documents, a Goodyear tire failed, leading to the crash. However, these facts were never presented to a jury; only damages were left to the jury to decide in this case. Instead, former District Judge Sally Loehrer decided to sanction Goodyear by taking away its answer to the lawsuit.

Goodyear is now fighting back, its lawyers saying that Loehrer should have held an evidentiary hearing to determine how much damage the delays caused and how severe they were.

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