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Company: PPG Industries Inc.
Current Parent Company: PPG Industries
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Penalty: $6,500,000
Year: 2017
Date: August 23, 2017
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: PPG agreed to pay over $6 million to settle litigation alleging it sold a defective deck protector.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Northern District of Ohio
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 1:15-cv-00912
Case Name: Traxler et al v. PPG Industries, Inc. et al
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Pennsylvania
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: chemicals
Specific Industry of Current Parent: chemicals
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