Bad break in Wal-Mart quick-release trial
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Thursday, February 09, 2006
By Yokota Fritz
Wal-Mart and Dynacraft are being sued for selling bikes equipped with faulty front-wheel quick-release mechanisms.
Lawyers for the defendants -- Dynacraft and Wal-Mart -- brought in a brand new Next brand bicycle, still in the box, for jurors to examine while they deliberated on the case. The quick-release lever then broke in the jury room. Plaintiffs' lawyers giggled with glee.
Read more in the San Francisco Chronicle.
Related:
Wal-Mart and Dynacraft are being sued for selling bikes equipped with faulty front-wheel quick-release mechanisms.
Lawyers for the defendants -- Dynacraft and Wal-Mart -- brought in a brand new Next brand bicycle, still in the box, for jurors to examine while they deliberated on the case. The quick-release lever then broke in the jury room. Plaintiffs' lawyers giggled with glee.
Read more in the San Francisco Chronicle.
Related:
- SHOK - Stop Hurting Our Kids and Wal-Mart bikes.
- US Safety Commission investigating quick release levers.
- Bike Biz coverage of this case.
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