Or maybe he just didnt want to lose half his assets in a divorce.

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The case relied heavily on a so-called tire-failure expert who didnt even see the tire itself until after he had prepared his testimony.

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But he faced the entrepreneurs classic dilemma: how to raise capital for a company that didnt even exist, and how to persuade retailers to deal with a guy who had no backers.

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