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Company: Tristar Products Inc.
Penalty: $3,900,000
Year: 2018
Date: August 3, 2018
Offense Group: safety-related offenses
Primary Offense: product safety violation
Violation Description: Tristar agreed to a resolve a class action lawsuit concerning defective pressure cookers with a settlement that included $1.9 million in legal fees and customer coupons worth an estimated $2 million.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Northern District of Ohio
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 1:16cv1114
Case Name: Chapman et al v. Tristar Products, Inc.
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
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