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depositions to be used in lawsuits against the tire maker, the retirees said they were required to build tires from outdated rubber […]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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Press Release: Bruce Kaster received a $19 million dollar verdict against Ford in Miami-Dade County Re: Hall-Edwards v. Ford Motor Company $19 Million Plaintiff’s Verdict against Ford in Miami Dade County. On Friday evening January 25, 2013 at approximately 8 pm, Bruce Kaster received a Plaintiff’s verdict in the amount of $19 million dollars in
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