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WESTLAKE, TELLURIDE, COMPASS AND YKS BRAND CHINESE-MADE TIRE RECALL: Westlake, Telluride, Compass and YKS tires imported by Foreign Tire Sales Inc. (FTS) are being recalled due to a dangerous defect. Gum strips are required on tires to prevent tread separation.  The Chinese manufacturer used inadequate gum strips or no gum strips on as many as 450,000 tires that FTS imported and sold to companies such as Ford and General Motors.  The tires can fall apart while in use, causing crashes and rollovers.

The defective tires are responsible for at least two deaths.  A lawsuit was filed in May against General Motors after a tire separation caused a Chevrolet van to rollover, leaving 2  men dead and one with a severe traumatic brain injury.  The wrongful death suit is McCulley v. General Motors, April Term 2007, No. 4376, Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

The recalled Chinese tires sold under the brand names Westlake, Telluride, Compass and YKS were used on a number of vehicles sold in the Unites States, including Ford and General Motors.

DO YOU HAVE A DEFECTIVE TIRE LAWSUIT?

If you have had an accident and a vehicle involved in the accident had the recalled Chinese tires, you may have a case against the Chinese manufacturer, FTS (the importer), the Auto maker (Ford, General Motors, or another company), and others.  Pritzker | Ruohonen has a national reputation for excellence in the area of product liability litigation.  The firm was recently lead counsel in a multi-state product liability case and negotiated a multi-million-dollar settlement in that case.  Partner Fred Pritzker has been interviewed by the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and other publications.

Partners Fred Pritzker and Rich Ruohonen have both, once again, been named "Super Lawyers" by their state's Law & Politics magazine.  Fred Pritzker has also been selected, once again, by other lawyers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America.

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