Legal Opinion
De Mañez v. Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire, LLC
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 11, 2008No. 07-1126PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, Circuit Judge.
This appeal arises out of one of the many cases that were filed against Ford Motor Company and Bridgestone/Fire-stone, Inc. (now known as Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire, LLC), after some Firestone tires installed on Ford Explorers exploded, often with catastrophic consequences. Although most of those lawsuits involved U.S. citizens who were driving their cars within the United States, a certain number involved foreigners. This is one of the latter group: it was brought by the family of José Samuel Ma-ñez-Reyes, who was killed in Veracruz, Mexico, in one such…
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