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New Wisconsin Lemon Law Limits Time to Seek Damages

If the vehicle you just bought turns out to be a lemon, you’ll have less time in Wisconsin to seek damages from the manufacturer and you won’t get as much money. The restrictions that went into effect...

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Jury: Texas Company Should Pay $175M in Guardrail Case

A jury has decided that a Texas company should pay $175 million in a case involving the safety of thousands of guardrails on highways around the country. A whistleblower charged that the company...

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Jury: Toyota Must Pay $11M Fatal Minnesota Crash

A federal jury in Minneapolis found that Toyota Motor Corp. must pay nearly $11 million to victims of a fatal 2006 crash after deciding that a design flaw in the 1996 Camry was partly to blame for the...

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Dallas Jury Orders Johnson & Johnson to Pay $500M in Hip Implants Case

Johnson & Johnson was ordered to pay $502 million to a group of patients who accused the company of hiding flaws in its Pinnacle artificial hips that caused the devices to prematurely fail and left...

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Canadian Grain Bin Maker Sued by North Dakota Insurance Company

A North Dakota-based insurance company is accusing a major farm equipment manufacturer from Canada of making defective grain bins. Farmers Union Mutual Insurance Co. of Jamestown is suing...

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Truck Hauling Takata Air Bag Inflators to Texas Site Explodes; 1 Killed

A truck transporting Takata Corp air bag inflators and propellants that are at the center of a global recall exploded in Texas earlier this month, resulting in one death and four injuries, the...

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Panel to Study Cyber Security Issues at St. Jude After Heart Device Claims

Medical-device maker St. Jude Medical Inc. said it plans to set up a medical advisory board focused on cyber security issues affecting patient care and safety. St. Jude said in a statement that the...

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New Wisconsin Lemon Law Limits Time to Seek Damages

If the vehicle you just bought turns out to be a lemon, you’ll have less time in Wisconsin to seek damages from the manufacturer and you won’t get as much money. The restrictions that went into effect...

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Jury: Texas Company Should Pay $175M in Guardrail Case

A jury has decided that a Texas company should pay $175 million in a case involving the safety of thousands of guardrails on highways around the country. A whistleblower charged that the company...

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Jury: Toyota Must Pay $11M Fatal Minnesota Crash

A federal jury in Minneapolis found that Toyota Motor Corp. must pay nearly $11 million to victims of a fatal 2006 crash after deciding that a design flaw in the 1996 Camry was partly to blame for the...

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Dallas Jury Orders Johnson & Johnson to Pay $500M in Hip Implants Case

Johnson & Johnson was ordered to pay $502 million to a group of patients who accused the company of hiding flaws in its Pinnacle artificial hips that caused the devices to prematurely fail and left...

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Canadian Grain Bin Maker Sued by North Dakota Insurance Company

A North Dakota-based insurance company is accusing a major farm equipment manufacturer from Canada of making defective grain bins. Farmers Union Mutual Insurance Co. of Jamestown is suing...

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Truck Hauling Takata Air Bag Inflators to Texas Site Explodes; 1 Killed

A truck transporting Takata Corp air bag inflators and propellants that are at the center of a global recall exploded in Texas earlier this month, resulting in one death and four injuries, the...

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Panel to Study Cyber Security Issues at St. Jude After Heart Device Claims

Medical-device maker St. Jude Medical Inc. said it plans to set up a medical advisory board focused on cyber security issues affecting patient care and safety. St. Jude said in a statement that the...

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Reuters Report: How Secrecy in Courts Stymies Safety Regulators

LEBANON, Ohio — Something wasn’t right with the Rhino. Reports started trickling in to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) in 2005 of people being killed or injured in the Yamaha Motor Co....

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Calif. Court Rules Amazon Liable Like Other Retailers for Defective Products

Amazon.com can be held liable like other traditional retailers for injuries from defective products sold via its sprawling e-commerce marketplace, a California state appeals court ruled on Thursday....

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