Legal Question in Personal Injury in Wyoming
Does possibly lethal = liable?
I recently purchaed some tires from a major department store chain where they were put on the car. After paying for the tires and driving only a few blocks with my young son in the car, the right front tire almost came off! When I called them and told them to come to where I was and fix the tire, the guy said that the person who had worked on the car had not even hand tightened the lug nuts!
After I took the car back, they assured me that everything was fine. Not feeling too confident in their work, I had an independent tire chain look at the right fron wheel. They found that one of the lugs had been broken.
Can these knuckleheads be made to pay for their outrageuosly negligent treatment of my car and our saftey, even though I caught the problem before we wrecked? How about the fact that they even sent me home again with a broken lug from the tire they told me twice was fine?
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: Does possibly lethal = liable?
Every lawsuit requires two things: legal liability and economic loss. You clearly have the first, but not the second.
Your best avenue to ensure this sort of thing is less likely to happen again is to complain to the consumer affairs division of the Attorney General's office and the Better Business Bureau.
Be thankful that you and your family weren't hurt - no thanks to the tire shop.
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