Rip Andrews and David Marsh settled a products liability case growing out of a car wreck that occurred when a Texas family was driving through Alabama on I-20. The crash occurred when a rear tire of the large SUV the family was riding in suffered a tread/belt separation; that, in turn, led to the SUV rolling over on the road. The case focused on both manufacturing and design problems with the tire and the SUV’s lack of a stability control system. Five children were hurt in the wreck. The oldest child suffered permanent brain injuries.
Alabama’s Unique Rule for Defective Products
A Product Liability Framework Unique to Alabama Alabama takes a genuinely different approach to defective product claims than most other states, one built around a doctrine found nowhere else in the country. Understanding how this framework actually works matters...
