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From: ark@rabbit.UUCP (Andrew Koenig)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Liability
Message-ID: <2816@rabbit.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 24-May-84 10:53:22 EDT
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Posted: Thu May 24 10:53:22 1984
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It may well be that Ford knew that many of their cars had transmission
problems that could be easily fixed.  Unfortunately, once they do learn
this, our legal system has them in a no-win situation.  If they don't
fix it, they may be held liable for knowingly selling a faulty product.
On the other hand, if the DO fix it, they are thereby admitting that they
are at fault, so if some owner they fail to contact gets into an accident
as a result of the problem, it's almost an automatic guilty verdict.