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Article: Racine, Wis., Outdoor Equipment Maker Fights Allegations over Diving Piece.
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- September 21, 2003
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Byline: Doris Hajewski
Sep. 21--Johnson Outdoors Inc. lawyers will be in a California courtroom in November to fight allegations that the Racine-based outdoor equipment manufacturer covered up a defect in a Uwatec dive computer that injured five divers.
The trial is just one in a series of problems this year relating to Johnson Outdoors' global diving equipment business. Last month, the company fired the head of its international scuba business, Mamdouh Ashour, a 30-year company veteran.
The California case, to be tried before a federal court jury in Oakland on Nov. 7, focuses on the 1995 Aladin Air X Nitrox, a product that was produced by ...