STALKER v. GOODYEAR TIRE AND RUBBER COMPANY


60 A.D.3d 1173 (2009)

874 N.Y.S.2d 632

BETTY STALKER, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of GEORGE R. STALKER, Deceased, Appellant, v. GOODYEAR TIRE AND RUBBER COMPANY et al., Respondents. (And a Third-Party Action.)

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

Decided March 12, 2009.


Lahtinen, J.

George R. Stalker (hereinafter decedent) died after a truck tire on which he was working exploded in what is known in the tire industry as a zipper rupture.1 Decedent operated a truck repair business, as well as a trucking business, and he had over 20 years of experience working on commercial trucks, including tire repair. In March 2001, a flat tire was discovered on the rear dual...

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