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Litigation

Jun. 2, 2003

Diet-Aid Maker Must Pay $12 Million

SAN DIEGO - A judge on Friday ordered the manufacturer of a diet aid linked to the death of a baseball player to pay consumers $12.5 million for advertising falsely that the product produces weight loss safely.

By Claude Walbert
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN DIEGO - A judge on Friday ordered the manufacturer of a diet aid linked to the death of a baseball player to pay consumers $12.5 million for advertising falsely that the product produces weight loss safely.
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