Article: Exploding car batteries lead to lawsuits. (NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL NEWS SERVICE; Sears, Roebuck and Co.'s Die Hard auto batteries)

/NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL NEWS SERVICE/

EXPLODING CAR BATTERIES LEAD TO LAWSUITS

NEW YORK, March 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Sears, Roebuck and Co. and the company that manufactures its Die Hard auto battery are battling plaintiffs and safety experts who say the product has caused hundreds of explosions in recent years, The National Law Journal reports in its March 6 issue.

Recently, a $9.7 million verdict was entered against Sears and battery producer Johnson Controls Co. in a California case in which they were found responsible for eye and brain damage to a man jump-starting a car. But another case that went to a federal jury in Reading, Pa., on ...

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