Mathias v. Uniroyal Goodrich Tire Co.

NESBITT, Judge.

This appeal arises out of a one-car accident that took place on the MacArthur Causeway in 1982. Leone Mathias, the owner and operator of the vehicle, was killed in the accident and her sole passenger, Marie Laurent, was injured. Laurent and Mathias’s personal representative, Andre Mathias, filed separate lawsuits against Uniroyal, Inc., to recover for their respective damages. Uniroyal was the manufacturer of two tires on the Mathias vehicle.

Though their cases were consolidated for discovery purposes, Laurent and Mathias’s suits were tried separately. Uniroyal filed, and later…