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High court sides with Goodyear in discovery sanctions dispute

By: Associated Press//April 18, 2017//

High court sides with Goodyear in discovery sanctions dispute

By: Associated Press//April 18, 2017//

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court is siding with Goodyear Rubber & Tire Co. in a dispute over $2.7 million the company and its lawyers were ordered to pay in a personal injury case.

The justices on Tuesday sent the case back to a lower court to decide whether an Arizona family injured in a 2003 motor home accident is entitled to the entire amount.

The family sued Goodyear after they were seriously injured when a tire failed on their motor home, causing it to flip off the road. After settling the case in 2010, the family discovered the company hadn’t turned over key testing data.

A federal judge said nearly all of the family’s attorney fees could be blamed on the misconduct. A federal appeals court agreed.

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