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Suzuki lawsuit dismissed.(Up front: news trends advice)(Suzuki Motor Corp)(Brief Article)
A U.S. District Court judge in California has dismissed Suzuki Motor Corp.'s lawsuit against Consumers Union, publisher of CONSUMER REPORTS, after both sides agreed to disagree about a CU test. At issue was a road test of the Suzuki Samarai sport-utility vehicle that led to a "Not Acceptable" rating in CONSUMER REPORTS.
The test findings, published in the July 1988 issue, indicated that the Samarai tipped severely in CU's short-course emergency avoidance maneuver, which simulates the path a driver may take to avoid, say, a child who runs into the road. A timeline in the magazine in January 1996, commemorating CU's 60th anniversary, reprised the 1988 findings. Suzuki sued after the timeline was published, claiming product disparagement.
The settlement agreement reached by Suzuki and CU in July makes it clear ...
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