Lawsuits to be Filed Against Cooper, Ford in Fatal Florida Crash

Published: June 7, 2010

Attorney Eric Block today plans to announce the filing of wrongful death lawsuits against Cooper Tire, Ford and other unnamed companies involving a crash last year on Interstate 295 in Jacksonville, Fla., that killed four teens last year.

Representing the four students’ families, Block said a defective Cooper tire on a 1997 Ford Explorer put into motion the crash caused when a tire blew out while the students were driving on the last day of school, June 5, 2009.

Three 15-year-olds and one 17-year-old were killed in the crash. Three 15-year-olds and one 16-year-old were injured. The driver, who was 15 years old at the time of the crash, managed to steer the Explorer to an emergency lane before it overturned.

Continental celebrates U.S. tire manufacturing plant anniversaries

Continental is celebrating five years in Clinton, MS, 10 years in Sumter, SC and 50 years in Mount Vernon, IL plants.

By Christian Hinton

Published: May 13, 2024

Continental is celebrating the anniversaries of three tire manufacturing plants in the United States in 2024: five years in Clinton, Miss.; 10 years in Sumter, S.C. and 50 years in Mount Vernon, IL. With an annual production capacity of more than 16 million tires and a team of more than 6,700 local manufacturing employees, Continental said it has invested more than $1.5 billion in its American tire manufacturing operations.