Parents sue Cooper

The parents of two young women killed in a head-on collision on Florida’s Turnpike are suing Cooper Tire & Rubber Company, alleging the company’s tyre caused a Thanksgiving 2004 wreck that left six dead. According to an associated press report, the lawsuit, in Palm Beach County Circuit Court, seeks more than $15,000 in the deaths of Michelle Seville, 23, and Marsha Seville, 18.

Attorney Lance Ivey, representing Pauline and Michael Seville, said the accident was caused by a bad Cooper Trendsetter SE tyre. “When the heat builds up, molecules in the rubber start breaking down, and you start getting internal tread separation,’” Ivey said. “It just peels off similar to a banana peeling.’”
The stretch of highway where the accident occurred had no barrier, but median guardrails have since been installed.