Tony Maglitto was riding in the back seat of a Toyota Tundra pickup truck driven by his brother. A defective Goodyear/Dunlop Grand Trek tire on the truck experienced a sudden tread separation as they were driving down busy I-10 in Baytown, Texas.
When the tire lost its tread, the Toyota Tundra became uncontrollable and left the roadway to end in a catastrophic rollover. Mr. Maglitto was ejected from the pickup truck when it flipped over, as often happens in rollover accidents. He suffered severe brain injuries and chest trauma from the impact and died from his injuries.
The tires on the Toyota Tundra were the original equipment Grand Trek TG35 P265/70R16 tires. Mr. Maglitto’s surviving son chose Chad Points as his tire defect lawyer Houston. In the lawsuit, Goodyear/Dunlop claimed the tire wasn’t defective. But the company had also manufactured other Grand Trek tires that had nylon wraps around the treads of the tire as well as belt edge wedges designed to prevent sudden tread separations like the one that happened in Mr. Maglitto’s case.
The tires on the Toyota were defective: they contained neither safety feature – neither the nylon wrap around the tread, nor the belt edge wedges to hold the layers of tread in place. The design of these tires lacked the safety features of other versions of the tire, and were therefore defective.
Mr. Maglitto’s son wasn’t the only plaintiff claiming these particular tires were defective. There were other plaintiffs with other cases and other lawyers. Significantly, those plaintiffs and their lawyers all chose Chad Points to take the depositions from Goodyear/Dunlop and their witnesses in the case, and to write the briefs and argue the case to the court handling the tire defect claims.
Goodyear/Dunlop knew what it was up against with our successful tire defect lawyer Houston. The tire manufacturer tried to keep the plaintiffs’ qualified expert witnesses from testifying about the tire defects. Again the plaintiffs and their lawyers chose Chad Points to handle the dispute because of his significant knowledge and long-term experience successfully handling tire tread separation cases. The judge ruled that our qualified expert witnesses could testify.
Chad Points of Denena Points, PC had the proven ability in winning tire tread separation cases and his ability came through again for Mr. Maglitto’s bereaved son. During negotiations with Chad Points, Goodyear/Dunlop agreed to settle with Mr. Maglitto’s son, but requested that the amount of the settlement be kept confidential. Manufacturers do not like to have the large amounts of settlement agreements disclosed for fear that they will encourage other injured victims to come forward and make claims for the harm they’ve suffered because of their products.
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