--- title: Firestone Tire Defect Trial Begins image: https://content.courtroomview.com/images/hubspot//Moreno-v-Ford-Firestone-Tire-Defect-Opening-Statement.png --- [![](https://blog.cvn.com/hs-fs/hubfs/cvn-images/cvn-header-logo.png?width=333&name=cvn-header-logo.png "cvn-header-logo.png")](http://cvn.com) ![find_icon](https://blog.cvn.com/hs-fs/hubfs/find_icon.png?width=16&height=16&name=find_icon.png)   - [PRICING](http://cvn.com/pricing) - [CONTACT](http://cvn.com/feedbacks/new) - [LOGIN](https://cvn.com/login)   [![Subscribe-to-CVN-Blog-Graphic-small.png](https://blog.cvn.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Subscribe-to-CVN-Blog-Graphic-small.png?width=860&height=115&name=Subscribe-to-CVN-Blog-Graphic-small.png "Subscribe-to-CVN-Blog-Graphic-small.png")](http://cvn.com/pricing) # [Firestone Tire Defect Trial Begins](https://blog.cvn.com/2010/03/10/firestone-tire-defect-trial-begins) Posted by [msch](https://blog.cvn.com/author/msch) on Mar 10, 2010 2:17:00 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ![Opening Statement in Moreno v Ford defective Firestone radial tire case](https://content.courtroomview.com/images/hubspot//Moreno-v-Ford-Firestone-Tire-Defect-Opening-Statement.png)Although many Firestone-Ford Explorer cases are pending before [**Judge Anthony Mohr**](http://www.courtroomview.com/judges/mohr-anthony) in Los Angeles, [**Moreno v. Ford**](http://www.courtroomview.com/proceedings/firestone-tire-cases-trial-2010-03-01) has actually gone to trial.  The accident in [**Moreno v. Ford**](http://www.courtroomview.com/proceedings/firestone-tire-cases-trial-2010-03-01) occurred on May 24, 2006, when a 12 year-old Firestone Radial ATX Tire suffered a tread separation or a belt separation that precipitated a fatal accident.  The Ford Explorer slid off the road and rolled over multiple times.  Although all of the vehicle occupants were wearing safety belts, 11 year-old William Moreno suffered massive head trauma and died. According to the plaintiff, the defective tire was a spare tire that had been in the vehicle since 1994, and was negligently rotated into service in January, 2006, by American Tire Depot, even though the tire had been recalled. 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