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Perspective

Apr. 8, 2009

Letter to the Editor: Corporate Defenders Want to Bar Consumers’ Access to Justice

The attorney representing the plaintiffs on appeal in Benson v. Kwisket disagrees with an earlier characterization of the case.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

A "poster child" for "ridiculous and truly abusive lawsuits" is how John Sullivan of the Civil Justice Association of California described the Benson v. Kwikset case in a Forum piece ("A Slow End to 'Kwikset'," March 25).

What's truly ridiculous is that Sullivan would defend a company that deceived American consumers by illegally advertising its products as "Made in U.S.A." after closing its California factory and shipping jobs to Mexico. ...

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