Defective Product Results

Defective dive computer

The firm represented David in litigation against Johnson Outdoors, Inc. and its subsidiaries, Uwatec and Scubapro, for knowingly concealing a dangerous defect in the company's flagship product, the Aladin Air X Nitrox dive computer. David was among several divers injured due to the defect. However, Johnson Outdoors, Uwatec and Scubapro never warned divers about the defect or issued a public recall. Consequently, David suffered serious decompression sickness when he relied on his Air X Nitrox to dive safely, without knowing that a defect in the computer's software was causing it to underestimate his no decompression limits and display false information to him during his dives. Litigation revealed that Scubapro knew about the dangerous defect but did not warn anyone. The Consumer Product Safety Commission along with Uwatec issued a public recall of the Aladin Air X Nitrox Dive Computer on February 5, 2003.
http://www.cpsc.gov/CPSCPUB/PREREL/PRHTML03/03079.html

Result: The case settled for a confidential sum in February 2003.

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