Van lawsuit filed quickly amid tort reform war
FRANKLIN -- A fatal Houston traffic accident involving a Central Texas high school van has spawned a lawsuit against Ford, the maker of Hankook tires and an auto dealership.
The lawsuit was filed in a Robertson County state district court Thursday, less than three weeks after the May 9 accident that killed a Hearne High School senior and injured 10 others.
The suit alleges defects in the design and manufacture of both the van and its tires, plaintiffs' attorney Robert Waltman of College Station told Bryan-College Station television station KBTX.
Attorneys hurried with the lawsuit because of tort-reform legislation pending in the Texas Legislature, Waltman said...........
