STALEY v. BRIDGESTONE/FIRESTONE, INC.

No. 95-1265.

106 F.3d 1504 (1997)

Sharon STALEY, individually and as representative of the Estate of Ronald Eugene Staley; Robert Staley, Karen Alejandro, Plaintiffs-Appellants, and Travelers Indemnity Company, Plaintiff-Intervenor, v. BRIDGESTONE/FIRESTONE, INC., a corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

February 12, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aaron N. Woods (John C. Risjord and Randy W. James, also of Risjord & James, Overland Park, Kansas; and Glenn S. Pressman of Melat, Pressman, Ezell & Higbie, Colorado Springs, Colorado, with him on the briefs), for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Kenneth D. Upton, Jr. (Michael L. Noland, also of Noland, Upton & Leibrock, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; R. Eric Peterson of White & Steele, Denver, Colorado; and John C. Niemeyer of Niemeyer, Alexander & Austin, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, with him on the brief), for Defendant-Appellee.

Before HENRY, LOGAN and BRISCOE, Circuit Judges.


LOGAN, Circuit Judge.

Ronald Eugene Staley died while installing new tires on a road grader when a multipiece tire and rim assembly explosively separated. Goodyear manufactured the rim of the tire and the side ring; Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc. (Firestone) manufactured the lock ring. Staley worked for Brad Ragan, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Goodyear; both it and Goodyear were Staley's workers' compensation employers and thus immune from damages

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