LOS ANGELES (July 9)—Jury selection was to start July 9 in a rollover case involving Ford Motor Co. and Bridgestone/Firestone. California resident Gary Lynn Meek and his 13-year-old granddaughter, Amy Meek, were killed in Wyoming in August 2000 when the left rear Firestone tire on their Ford Explorer suffered a tread separation, causing the vehicle to overturn. The case—which may be the first involving both Ford and Firestone to be tried in its entirety—is before the Los Angeles Superior Court.
Jury selection to start in rollover case
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