A final, confidential settlement with Ford Motor Co. has ended a multidefendant suit involving a woman injured when a tire that was supposed to have been recalled nearly 12 years earlier blew out, sending the Ford Explorer she was driving tumbling on I-85.
Over the course of the litigation, other defendants including the tire’s manufacturer, Bridgestone, settled with the plaintiff. All but one of the settlements was confidential; late last year, McDonough’s Spartan Lincoln Mercury paid $3 million to resolve the claims against it.
