Category Archives: Personal Injury
Tire Blowout Accident Proves Fatal
Three people died recently after a tire blowout resulted in a head-on collision. The blowout caused the vehicle to veer off course into oncoming traffic and collide with an SUV in Sumter County. The Florida Highway Patrol said that a 48-year-old woman driving a Chevy Blazer had her front left tire blowout on State… Read More »
Cyclist Seriously Injured In Bizarre Dump Truck Tire Blowout
A New Jersey bicyclist was critically injured after fully-loaded Mack dump truck popped one of its tires. The tire dislodged from the truck and rolled away striking the New Jersey man who suffered severe injuries as a result of the collision with the tire. Prosecutors are investigating the incident for potential criminal negligence. Dump… Read More »
Why Do Tires Blowout On Large Trucks More Frequently?
Why is it that whenever you hear a new segment or read an article on a tire blowout, it seems to involve a tractor-trailer or other large commercial vehicle? There are a number of reasons for this. They range from the manufacture of defective tires to sheer laziness on the part of the commercial… Read More »
Tire Failure By the Numbers
How do you calculate whether or not tire failure contributed to an accident? Do you consider the instances where tire failure was the primary cause? Do you include instances where tire failure was one cause among many? Do you include accidents where tire failure was present but the cause of the accident could not… Read More »
Jury Awards Man $170K in Snowblower Tire Lawsuit
A jury awarded a Pennsylvania man $170,000 after he was injured attempting to inflate a tire on his snowblower. For those who work with tires, tire inflation can be a dangerous process even when you know what you’re doing. While snowblower tires are not considered especially dangerous, manufacturers have a duty to warn customers… Read More »
