Michelin Tire Corp. v. Milbrook

In these consolidated cases, a tire manufacturer appeals a final judgment entered in an estate’s favor for the death of two van passengers killed as a result of a tire blow out, as well as the .award of attorney’s fees which followed.

In 1992, Lou Milbrook was driving from Northern Florida, to Miami when one of her tires blew out. Milbrook’s mother-in-law, Lessie Jackson, and step-daughter, Marcilla Glasper, were killed. In 1994, Milbrook, as personal representative of the estates of her mother-in-law and stepdaughter, brought a wrongful death action against Michelin on behalf of Jerry…