{"id":2623,"date":"2013-12-12T10:00:31","date_gmt":"2013-12-12T16:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/injury.robertkreisman.com\/?p=2623"},"modified":"2019-10-17T10:52:38","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T10:52:38","slug":"7-9-million-jury-verdict-sale-13-year-old-tire-tire-separation-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/7-9-million-jury-verdict-sale-13-year-old-tire-tire-separation-case\/","title":{"rendered":"$7.9 Million Jury Verdict for the Sale of a 13-Year-Old Tire in Tire Separation Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Mario Olguin, 51, bought a used set of mismatched tires, including a 13-year-old Michelin tire from A-Car Wrecking Salvage Lot.<span>\u00a0 Olguin\u00a0<\/span>took the tires to Twin\u2019s Tires and Wheels, where the tires were installed on his vehicle.<span>\u00a0<\/span>Eleven days later and while Olguin was a passenger in the vehicle, a tread on a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michelinman.com\/\">Michelin<\/a> tire separated.<span>\u00a0<\/span>The Olguin party was traveling on a highway in Mexico.<span>\u00a0<\/span>The driver lost control of the vehicle, which caused it to roll over.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Olguin suffered a <a href=\"http:\/\/emedicine.medscape.com\/article\/1267150-overview\">spinal fracture at C2<\/a>, a mild traumatic brain injury and significant wounds to his head and both arms.\u00a0He was taken to a hospital in Mexico where he was placed in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.drugs.com\/cg\/halo-brace.html\">halo brace<\/a> and underwent skin grafting for his wounds.<span>\u00a0<\/span>He also underwent an epidural and nerve-block injections for pain.<span>\u00a0Olguin\u00a0<\/span>still suffers pain in his neck and back.<span>\u00a0<\/span>He also suffers from depression, mood disorder and cognitive problems that affect his decision-making and thought-processing skills.<span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Once spontaneous and independent, Olguin now relies on his family for everything.<span>\u00a0<\/span>His past medical expenses totaled nearly $307,000.<span>\u00a0<\/span>His future medical expenses and life-care costs are estimated to be $1.5 million.<span>\u00a0<\/span>At the time of this incident, Olguin owned and operated a landscape company.<span>\u00a0<\/span>He has returned to work in a different job.<span>\u00a0<\/span>There were no claims for lost earnings.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>Olguin sued A-Car and Twin\u2019s Tires and Wheels claiming that the companies were negligent in selling and installing a tire that was 13 years old and showed signs of weather cracking.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/7-9-million-jury-verdict-sale-13-year-old-tire-tire-separation-case\/#more-2623\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mario Olguin, 51, bought a used set of mismatched tires, including a 13-year-old Michelin tire from A-Car Wrecking Salvage Lot.\u00a0 Olguin\u00a0took the tires to Twin\u2019s Tires and Wheels, where the tires were installed on his vehicle.\u00a0Eleven days later and while Olguin was a passenger in the vehicle, a tread on a Michelin tire separated.\u00a0The Olguin [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":795,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[45,88,75,76,96],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-auto-accidents","category-back-neck-injuries","category-product-defect-litigation","category-product-liability","category-tire-defect-litigation"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>$7.9 Million Jury Verdict for the Sale of a 13-Year-Old Tire in Tire Separation Case &#8212; 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