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Company: The Lane Company Inc.
Penalty: $900,000
Year: 2001
Date: July 6, 2001
Offense Group: safety-related offenses
Primary Offense: product safety violation
Violation Description: The Lane Company Inc. of Altavista, Va. agreed to pay a civil penalty of $900,000 to settle CPSC allegations that it failed to report in a timely manner that children could become entrapped in certain of its cedar chests made between 1912 and 1987.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Consumer Product Safety Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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