Justice: Goodyear, responsible for several fatal accidents?

Goodyear is summoned to the French courts as part of an investigation into several fatal road accidents involving some of its heavy-duty tyre models. Two legal entities of the American group will have to answer for possible charges for "involuntary homicides", "trumpery" and "deceptive commercial practices". This judicial procedure follows investigations conducted since 2016 in Besançon, after the complaint of Sophie Rollet, widow of a driver wh…

On 13 May, Goodyear will go to court for a possible indictment.The story in question: the bursts of truck tires.The latter are the cause of several fatal accidents in France.Goodyear would have known of the problem On Thursday 14 April, the Besançon prosecutor sent a summons to Goodyear.The manufacturer will thus have to appear before the court on 13 May next in order to obtain a possible indictment.This follows the break-up of several tyres on …