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Article: Recall spurs suit from Center for Auto Safety.
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- Rubber & Plastics News
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- August 28, 2000
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WASHINGTON--In the midst of all the legal problems regarding the 6.5 million-tire recall, Bridgestone/Firestone Inc. and Ford Motor Co. face yet another: a lawsuit from the Center for Auto Safety.
The CAS, a longtime consumer advocacy group, filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Aug. 21, seeking an injunction to force Bridgestone/Firestone and Ford to recall all ATX, ATX II and Wilderness AT tires, regardless of size or place of manufacture.
Bridgestone/Firestone and Ford "marketed and advertised the ATX, ATX II and Wilderness tires as superior, or at least comparable, to all other tires, yet the defendants knew or should ...