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Article: Suit slams wired glass producers.(Courts)(Liability: An injury prompts the legal claim that so-called "safety glass" isn't safe at all.)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- September 11, 2002
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Byline: BILL BISHOP The Register-Guard
A product liability lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal court in Eugene claims that wired glass is unsafe and regulators are negligent for not recognizing the risk posed by the material - panes that enclose a wire mesh to prevent shattering during a fire.
The lawsuit, filed by 22-year-old Jarred Abel of Eugene, names as defendants two wired glass makers - Northwestern Industries Inc. and Central Glass Co. - and the American National Standards Institute and the institute's committee overseeing glass standards and testing.
Abel suffered severe cuts and permanent nerve damage when his left arm shattered a pane of ...