Legal Opinion
Staley v. Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided February 12, 1997No. 95-1265PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOGAN, Circuit Judge.
Ronald Eugene Staley died while installing new tires on a road grader when a multipiece tire and rim assembly explosively separated. Goodyear manufactured the rim of the tire and the side ring; Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc. (Firestone) manufactured the lock ring. Staley worked for Brad'Ragan, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Goodyear; both it and Goodyear were Staley’s workers’ compensation employers and thus immune from dam ages claims. In this diversity suit by Sta-ley’s estate, widow, and children against Firestone for negligence, defective design and failure to warn,…
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