The surviving family of a 58-year-old man who was\nkilled in 2013 by a cement truck that smashed into the victim’s car on a Texas\nhighway has been awarded a $33 million jury verdict in connection with the\nman’s death. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The victim, Ramiro\nMunoz Jr<\/a>., died on June 11, 2013, when his car was struck by a\ncement mixer that had experienced a blown\nGoodyear tire<\/a>, according to a Feb. 26 story by the Corpus Christi Caller-Times<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Munoz, who was the city manager for Carrizo Springs,\nTexas, was driving in his pickup truck on U.S. Highway 83 north of the city\nwhen a left front Goodyear tire failed on a nearby cement mixer, causing the\nvehicle to roll over and slide down the road into Munoz’s truck. <\/p>\n\n\n\n His family sued the maker of the cement truck’s tire,\nthe Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., alleging the tire was faulty and caused the\nfatal crash. Also named in the lawsuit was DGJ Transport Inc., the operators of\nthe cement mixer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The plaintiffs alleged that an investigation of the\ncement mixer found that the blown tire was defective and had suffered a\ncatastrophic tread separation, which led to the crash, the story reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Court records identified the tire involved in the\ncrash as a Goodyear G286A Super Single heavy truck tire, which was made by\nGoodyear in 2009 at its plant in Dansville, Virginia, according to the story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The jury, which found Goodyear to be 90 percent\nresponsible for Munoz’s death in the crash, determined that a manufacturing\ndefect in the tire was a “producing cause of the death in question,”\nthe story reported from court records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Legal cases like this one occur around the nation\nevery day and are examples of similar kinds of car crash cases\nthat MyPhillyLawyer attorneys regularly work on tirelessly for our\nown clients. Often, we are not able to discuss the cases we are actively\nworking on due to confidentiality requirements, so we discuss other\nrelevant cases in the news such as this one to illustrate the legal situations\npeople find themselves in every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When you need a car\naccident injury attorney<\/a>, we here\nat MyPhillyLawyer stand ready to assist you with your legal case if\nyou or a loved one is ever seriously injured in any kind of car\ncrash, slip and fall, workplace injury or wrongful death in Philadelphia\nor anywhere in the United States. We pledge to make sure that you and your\nfamily get the compassionate, dogged and experienced legal representation that\nyou deserve and expect from a professional legal team which works hard to\nuncover every fact to bolster your case and maximize your damage award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We represent the families of victims who die in such\ntragedies as well, to ensure that their families receive every penny of damages\nthat they are eligible to receive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Talk to a Philadelphia car crash attorney at MyPhillyLawyer<\/a> by\ncalling 215-227-2727 or toll-free at 1-(866) 352-4572 anytime\nand our experienced, compassionate, aggressive team of attorneys and support\nstaff will be there for you and your family every step of the way as we manage\nyour case through the legal system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When Winning Matters Most, Call MyPhillyLawyer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n