A Palm Beach County jury awarded Tavilia Pierre $1.5 Million in damages after her husband was killed in a 2005 car accident.
In 2005, her husband, Loussaint Pierre, was on his way to Georgia to work for several months as a field worker. During the trip, one of the tires suffered a tread belt separation, causing the vehicle to lose control and crash. The jury found the accident was the result of a manufacturing defect in the Cooper Tire and Rubber Company Radial XL tire, but also concluded that the tire company was only fifty percent at fault.
Loussaint Pierre was killed in the crash, leaving behind a wife and five young children who depended on him both for financial and emotional support.
Florida product liability attorneys Gregory T. Zele and Gregory P. Huber handled the case on behalf of Pierre and her family. Zele says, “We are grateful that the jury chose to hold Cooper Tire responsible for this defective tire. Although she will never get her husband back, Ms. Pierre can now rest assured that she will be able to provide for her family. We can only hope that no other family has to suffer such a great tragedy as a result of a manufacturing defect.”