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Litigation

May 18, 2004

Company Loses Death Suit, Claims Libel

SAN JOSE - A Taiwanese company, ordered to pay more than $116 million for the wrongful death of three children who choked on its gel candy, tried to sue one of the families and a San Mateo law firm for libel in its home country.

By Craig Anderson
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN JOSE - A Taiwanese company, ordered to pay more than $116 million for the wrongful death of three children who choked on its gel candy, tried to sue one of the families and a San Mateo law firm for libel in its home country.
        It didn't work.
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