A new type of "smart" tire developed by a Purdue University professor is able to sense damage when a tire goes flat or loses treads, making it safer for road travel. The tire's technology also can be ...

DETROIT — The Firestone tires that tore apart at high speeds, causing dozens of fatal accidents, lost their treads for a variety of engineering and usage reasons, according to the independent expert ...

The plaintiffs' product liability law firm of Greene Broillet & Wheeler has launched a Web site designed specifically to give consumers an overview of alleged tire defects and tire safety issues. The ...

HOUSTON and OCALA, Fla., June 19, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- As global tire manufacturing ramps back up after COVID-19 pandemic closings, trial lawyers at Kaster, Lynch, Farrar & Ball (KLF&B) are calling on ...

A group of personal-injury lawyers and one of the nation's top traffic-safety consulting firms identified a problem with Firestone ATX tires on Ford Explorer sport utility vehicles in 1996. But they ...

WASHINGTON (March 13, 2001)—Some insurance data, but not all, may prove useful to government officials in auto and tire defect investigations, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has ...

A patch on Steven Morris’ vest memorializes his wife, Patricia, who died after a Dunlop D402 tire made by Goodyear on their Harley failed. Despite a string of deaths and injuries after D402 blowouts, ...