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Article: TREE-STAND MAKER TO PAY.(LOCAL)
- Article from:
- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- January 12, 2008
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Byline: Associated Press
MILWAUKEE -- A Wisconsin-based manufacturer has agreed to pay the government $420,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging it failed to report immediately that hunters were seriously injured using its tree stands, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced Thursday.
The government had sued Ardisam Inc., of Cumberland, for $1.65 million in damages.
The company recalled 78,000 of its Big Foot and Lite Foot stands in July 2004. The stands were designed to be attached to trees, allowing hunting from an elevated position.
Ardisam said in resolving the lawsuit that it still denied violating federal law or failing ...