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iPod to Turn Down The Music

Written on 3/30/2006 by in Class Action Lawsuits, Class Action News, Successful Cases

Following a class-action lawsuit filed in California in January, Macintosh has agreed to add a maximum volume control to the iPod nano and the fifth-generation iPod. The lawsuit claimed that iPods could cause hearing damage because they could produce sounds louder than 104 decibels and up to 115 decibels. According to the National Institute on…

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Asbestos Bill Dies in Senate

Written on 2/15/2006 by in Asbestos Lawsuits, Class Action Lawsuits

The Senate bill that would have established a $140 billion fund to compensate victims of asbestos was defeated last night because of budgetary questions. The vote to override the budget objection failed on a 58 to 41 vote. Majority leader Bill Frist had said he would not try to bring the bill back later in…

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