Tire Action Group: Ford/Firestone

Attorneys of Record for
Tires

Taras Kick
The Kick Law Firm
660 South Figeroa Street
Suite 1800
Los Angeles, CA 90017
213-624-1588
217-624-1589 fax
taras@kicklawfirm.com
kicklawfirm.com

C. Tab Turner
Turner & Associates, PA
4705 Somers Avenue, Suite 100
North Little Rock, AR 72116
501-791-2277
501-791-1251 fax
tab@tturner.com
tturner.com

F O R D E X P L O R E R S
& F I R E S T O N E T I R E S

SAFETYFORUM.COM:
Ford Expert's Testimony Disputes
Nasser's Claim of Explorer Safety

SEPT 18 -- Jacques Nasser's claims that Ford's Explorer is "one of the safest vehicles in America" is at odds with one of Ford's leading experts on vehicle stability. According to data produced by Roger McCarthy, considered by the auto industry as a leading authority in accident data analysis and an expert consultant for Ford and other manufacturers, the Explorer is among the most rollover-prone SUV's on the road. Ford Motor Company thinks so highly of McCarthy and his consulting firm, Exponent, that it paid Exponent $16,796,277.00 between 1992 and 1999.

Earlier this year McCarthy, Chairman of Exponent's Board, testified in Isuzu's celebrated suit alleging that Consumers Union had made false statements about Izuzu's Trooper. During the trial, McCarthy produced accident data from a sample of eight states revealing that 1991-98 Explorers were more frequently involved in single vehicle rollover accidents than other medium-sized competitive vehicles. McCarthy's data directly conflicts with Jac Nasser's repeated assertions that the vehicle is "one of the safest cars in America." Little Rock, Arkansas attorney Tab Turner, a Safetyforum.com "Attorney of Record" for tires, and for vehicle stabilitiy issues, assisted in Consumers Union's defense.

(09/18/00)

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