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US requests information from Goodyear after ruling in alleged defective tyre case

A court in the US state of Arizona ruled on 3 April that Goodyear Tire & rubber cannot continue to keep court documents relating to an alleged defect in a Goodyear tyre secret. The ruling from the Superior Court of Arizona, Maricopa County, comes in the Haeger v. The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company personal injury case and follows a motion from non-profit organisation the Center for Auto Safety (CAS) to unseal court records and remove a protective order.

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Court rules Hankook Tire partially responsible for worker’s cancer death

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A South Korean court has ordered Hankook Tire to compensate the family of a former worker who died of lung cancer in 2015. According to an article published by The Korea Herald last Friday, the Seoul Central District Court ruled that the tyre maker was “partially responsible for the death of a factory worker surnamed Ahn who died of lung cancer caused by toxic chemicals.”

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Prison sentence for Apollo/Cooper insider trading

A court in the US has sentenced a man to 20 months’ prison for insider trading related to Apollo Tyres’ attempted acquisition of Cooper Tire & Rubber in 2013. The US District Court in Boston gave Amit Kanodia the custodial sentence and, after finding him guilty of conspiracy and securities fraud last year, ordered him to pay a fine of US$200,000 and forfeit a further $252,500.

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Tread design rights: Bridgestone wins lawsuit against Triangle Tyre

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China’s Supreme People’s Court has ruled in favour of Bridgestone Corporation in a lawsuit that investigated the alleged infringement of its tyre tread design rights by Chinese manufacturer Triangle Tyre Co., Ltd.

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Court upholds Bridgestone design rights claim

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A Chinese court has ruled in favour of Bridgestone Corporation in a lawsuit filed against the country’s largest privately-owned tyre maker, Triangle Tyre Co., Ltd. The case involved Triangle Tyre’s use of a tread pattern that shared more than a passing resemblance to an existing Bridgestone pattern.

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Finnish lawyers: Nokian tyre consumers could claim 30% money back

Turre Legal, a Helsinki-based law firm, believes anyone who bought tyres from Nokian Tyres during the last decade could be eligible for a settlement, following the firm’s tacit admissions that it mishandled magazine tyre tests.

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Sentencing, guilty verdict for Pirelli tyre theft pair

One of the three men charged with stealing tyres produced at Pirelli’s Dalston Road factory in Carlisle has been found guilty of theft, while an accomplice was handed a two-year community order for his involvement.

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Court calls in liquidator to deal with Dunlop India – update

The Ruia Group has provided further information as a follow up to our news about Dunlop India Ltd. and recent proceedings in the Calcutta High Court. The Group’s vice-president of corporate communication, Dhrubajyoti Nandi, told Tyrepress.com that the reported court session of 22 December was challenged by the company before a division bench of the Calcutta High Court that same day. The division bench, shared Nandi, “ordered status quo.”

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Court calls in liquidator to deal with Dunlop India

After years of lockouts, plant shut downs and operative restructuring, the Calcutta High Court has now ordered its Official Liquidator to take possession of all assets belonging to Dunlop India Ltd and to control all further company transactions.

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Pelmar confirms TST conflict is over

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Executives at Pelmar Engineering Group (Pelmar) have confirmed that a disagreement between the company and Tianjin Saixiang Technology Co. Ltd. (TST) has been resolved. Pelmar’s executive chairman Jacob Peled told Tyres & Accessories that “the conflict between TST and Pelmar has ended in an amicable settlement”. The resolution appears to have occurred after TST met its obligations towards Pelmar. As a result Pelmar cancelled the lawsuit it brought against TST in the Tianjin Court. In addition, it was also agreed that the two companies will resume their business relations and will continue to cooperate as before.

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Tyre dumper given suspended prison sentence for waste offences

The owner of a tyre waste business has been given a 15-month custodial sentence, suspended for 2 years, and a 2 year supervision order after illegally storing almost 84,659 waste tyres at several sites in Devon. The case was brought by the Environment Agency and the sentence was handed down on 25 March.

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