The families of three Los Angeles couples killed last year in a rollover accident have sued Ford and Continental Tyre, claiming the companies failed to correct product defects that caused the accident, Reuters reported.
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The lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, said the couples died on May 18, 2002 after a General Grabber tyre on their Ford Expedition failed on a San Bernardino County highway, the news agency said.
According to Reuters, the lawsuit said the blowout caused the vehicle to roll over, decapitating at least one of the Expedition’s occupants and mangling others.
The victims’ relatives contend that both companies knew that the Continental tyre was prone to tread separation and that the Expedition had a “dangerous” oversteer defect in the event of a tyre blowout, Reuters said.
