Moral Of This Story : Stay Away From “Tires Plus” in West Palm Beach FL

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Published on Friday, 07 October 2011 00:00

Written by spincitysd

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CN) – A disgruntled Bridgestone mechanic purposefully left the oil drain plugs and engine mount bolts loose in a woman’s car and signed his handiwork in a literal “hate” note to the company on the oil filter, the customer claims in county court. Rahshel Claire Ann Rice’s lawsuit says Bridgestone Retail Operations dba Tires Plus was negligent in hiring its employee and should have known he was emotionally unstable.

...inspection revealed that the oil plug was missing, the lower engine mount bolts were so loose they could be removed by hand, and that someone had written the message “I HATE TIRES PLUS!” on the oil filter, according to the complaint. She says the message was dated and signed “Shyne.” Bridgestone knew or should have known that its employee was overworked, incompetent, unsupervised and unfit to perform the work, according to the complaint It also owed her a duty of reasonable care and to hire competent, qualified and safe employees that would not put customers in danger, Rice says.