Taser Loses 1st Product-Liability Suit; Jury Awards $6 Million

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Taser International Inc., the largest stun-gun maker, lost a $6.2 million jury verdict over the death of a California man who died after police shot him multiple times with the weapon. The defeat is the first for Taser in a product liability claim.
Let's all hope this is the first in a tidal wave of suits that helps to bring this company down. Then just maybe the cowardly, and yes I do mean cowardly police who like use these things with reckless abandon.

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