{"id":962,"date":"2021-10-22T14:25:03","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T19:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.klfblaw.com\/?p=962"},"modified":"2021-10-22T14:25:03","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T19:25:03","slug":"louisiana-supreme-court-rejects-goodyears-appeal-of-7-2m-tire-defect-lawsuit-verdict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.klfblaw.com\/news\/louisiana-supreme-court-rejects-goodyears-appeal-of-7-2m-tire-defect-lawsuit-verdict\/","title":{"rendered":"Louisiana Supreme Court Rejects Goodyear\u2019s Appeal of $7.2M Tire Defect Lawsuit Verdict"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tiremaker reaches end of line in appeal of judgment in fatal tire explosion caused by defective Goodyear G182 tire <\/em><\/h1>\n

NEW ORLEANS \u2013 The Louisiana Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal by Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., leaving in place a $7.2 million wrongful death verdict for the family of a Plaquemines Parish man who was killed when a defective Goodyear G182 tire suddenly exploded. Interest accrued during Goodyear\u2019s appeal brings the award to nearly $8.9 million.<\/p>\n

It is the tire defect lawsuit defeat for Goodyear in the case of Breaux v Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. <\/em>stemming from a February 2014 incident in which Elwood Breaux Jr. suffered mortal injuries when a G182 tire experienced a \u201czipper failure\u201d and ruptured as he was inflating it.<\/p>\n

A three-judge panel from Louisiana\u2019s Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal previously found that the trial judge had ruled properly that Goodyear had not carried out its duty to warn about its tires\u2019 dangers and how to avoid injury.<\/p>\n

Kaster, Lynch, Farrar & Ball trial lawyers Bruce Kaster<\/a>, Skip Lynch<\/a>, Wes Ball<\/a> and Kyle Farrar<\/a> handled the Sept. 2019 trial and appeals, along with the Louisiana-based firm of Meeks & Associates.<\/p>\n

The case is one of several recent favorable outcomes secured by the Kaster, Lynch, Farrar & Ball trial team, including:<\/h3>\n