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My Coffee Pot Ate My Money: A Tale of Product Failure and Liability

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Here are a few examples of when failing products can cost you money. The most recent medical product liability case involves the birth control drug called Yaz. In this case , the drug maker, Bayer was made to pay $110 million to women who’ve experienced severe side effects while taking the supposedly safe birth control pill.

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