Hartline Barger Scores Trial Victory in Tire Disablement Case

Dallas, TX, June 26, 2023 — Hartline Barger LLP’s New Mexico team (attorney Don DeCandia, paralegal Maria Padilla and secretary Carla Bond) together with counsel from Yoka Smith, LLP, recently secured a defense judgment for tire manufacturer Continental Tire the Americas, LLC (CTA) following a two-week bench trial in New Mexico Federal Court. The claim involved a tire disablement followed by a rollover accident in which one person died and three were injured. The plaintiffs, represented by Randi McGinn of McGinn, Montoya, Love & Curry, alleged that the tire was defectively manufactured and/or designed.  The Honorable Kea Riggs, however, rejected all of the Plaintiffs’ claims and entered a defense judgment in favor of CTA.  Judge Riggs found that the tire was not defective, that CTA was not negligent, and that actions/omissions by the driver and the company that owned the work truck caused and/or contributed to the crash.