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Company: Tecumseh Products Co.
Penalty: $8,500,000
Year: 2010
Date: August 16, 2010
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Secondary Offense: false advertising
Violation Description: Six lawnmower producers agreed to pay a total of $51 million to settle litigation alleging they overstated the horsepower of their products. Court documents did not indicate how much each company would pay. Here we assume they each paid an equal share of the total.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Eastern District of Wisconsin
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 2:08-md-01999
Case Name: In re: Lawnmower Engine Horsepower Marketing and Sales Practices Litigation (No. II)
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
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