How Tire Defect Attorneys Fight for Victims of Dangerous Tire Blowouts
Defective tires are a leading cause of highway fatalities, often resulting in high-speed rollovers and catastrophic injuries. Unfortunately, many tire manufacturers fail to recall or properly warn consumers about defective products. The Ammons Law Firm's tire defect attorneys hold manufacturers accountable when their negligence leads to tragic accidents.
When a tire fails at highway speeds, drivers typically have less than a second to respond before losing control. This brief reaction window explains why tire failures so frequently lead to rollovers—particularly in SUVs and light trucks with higher centers of gravity. These accidents often result in traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord damage, and fatal ejections, even when occupants are properly restrained.
Understanding Tire Manufacturing and Safety Standards
Tire manufacturing involves complex processes where even small deviations can create catastrophic failures:
- Rubber compounding must achieve precise chemical formulations to ensure durability, heat resistance, and structural integrity
- Steel belt placement requires perfect alignment to prevent future separation under stress and heat
- Vulcanization processes must maintain exact temperature and pressure parameters to ensure proper bonding
- Quality control inspections should identify irregularities before dangerous products reach consumers
- Age monitoring systems should prevent the distribution of older inventory susceptible to rubber degradation
The Ammons Law Firm's litigation work has helped expose systematic failures in these processes that put consumers at risk.
Common Types of Tire Defects
Tire-related crashes often involve:
- Tread separation, which leads to sudden blowouts when the outer tread layer detaches from the internal structure during normal driving conditions
- Manufacturing defects that weaken tire structure including air pockets, contaminants, or improper bonding between components
- Aging tires sold as new products despite rubber degradation that occurs naturally over time, even in unused tires
- Design defects that make tires more vulnerable to failure during foreseeable driving conditions
- Inadequate warnings about proper inflation, load capacity, or replacement intervals
- Belt edge separation where steel belt components gradually loosen due to inadequate adhesion during manufacturing
The Ammons Law Firm has successfully litigated against major tire manufacturers, ensuring that victims receive just compensation for injuries and losses resulting from these preventable defects.
The Challenges of Tire Defect Litigation
Tire defect cases present unique litigation challenges:
- Manufacturers often blame drivers for improper maintenance rather than acknowledging product defects
- Physical evidence may be destroyed in the violent aftermath of high-speed blowouts and rollovers
- Technical complexity requires collaboration with materials scientists, engineers, and tire design experts
- Corporate defendants typically possess vastly greater resources than individual consumers
- Industry testing standards sometimes fail to replicate real-world conditions that reveal defects
The Ammons Law Firm's experience overcoming these challenges has helped establish important precedents in product liability law.
Seeking Justice After a Tire Defect Accident
Tire defect cases require technical investigations, expert testimony, and aggressive legal advocacy to prove manufacturer negligence. The Ammons Law Firm's tire defect lawyers have led major lawsuits against some of the largest tire manufacturers in the world, ensuring that victims and families receive the justice they deserve.
The firm's approach to these cases includes:
- Preservation of critical evidence including the failed tire, vehicle, and accident scene documentation
- Collaboration with metallurgists, engineers, and tire design experts who can identify manufacturing flaws
- Review of manufacturer testing data and quality control records to identify systematic problems
- Examination of similar failure reports that may establish patterns of known defects
- Consumer awareness advocacy to prevent similar tragedies through improved safety standards
This comprehensive approach has helped countless families recover from devastating losses while contributing to broader improvement in tire safety standards.