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Personal Injury & Torts

Jan. 26, 2001

Trial Starts for Continental, Maker Of Paralyzed Woman's Car Tires

LOS ANGELES - Manufacturing and design defects caused a 1996 tire-tread separation accident that left a young woman paralyzed from the neck down, her lawyer said Wednesday during opening arguments in the trial of her lawsuit against tire maker Continental General.

By Lee Condon
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        LOS ANGELES - Manufacturing and design defects caused a 1996 tire-tread separation accident that left a young woman paralyzed from the neck down, her lawyer said Wednesday during opening arguments in the trial of her lawsuit against tire maker Continental General.
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