May 24, 2002 Little Rock, Arkansas — The Associated Press reported that Cooper Tire & Rubber settled a lawsuit regarding a blown tire that caused an accident in which four people died. The terms of the settlement were not made available and the case was scheduled for trial in federal court at Helena. Bruce Kaster, […]
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He says the solution to tread-belt separation is simple and cheap. Firestone disagrees. By SCOTT BARANCIK © St. Petersburg Times, published August 11, 2000 Minutes after Bridgestone/Firestone Inc. said Wednesday it would recall 6.5-million tires, calls began rolling in to the offices of an Ocala law firm that has been a nail in the side
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By John Kelly Associated Press August 23 2000 DECATUR — Four retired tire makers testified today that Bridgestone / Firestone Inc. put quantity ahead of quality at the company’s Decatur factory. In sworn depositions to be used in lawsuits against the tire maker, the retirees said they were required to build tires from outdated rubber
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In his modest-sized law office in northeast Ocala, items displaying Bruce Kaster’s decades-long commitment to tire tread-separation litigation hang from the walls: framed newspaper articles, diplomas and a photograph of the tombstone inscription for the young victim of a fatal blown-tire accident. Above his desk is mounted a large longhorn steer head, taken from the
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August 10, 2000 By RICHARD B. SCHMITT Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL For the tire industry, Bruce Kaster may be public enemy No. 1. The Ocala, Fla., lawyer is arguably the nation’s foremost authority on tires — and their defects. For more than a decade, he has been filing suits against tire companies
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