United States v. Spectrum Brands, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
Rovner, Circuit Judge.
The district court found that Spectrum Brands, Inc. ("Spectrum") violated section 15(b) of the Consumer Product Safety Act ("CPSA" or the "Act"), 15 U.S.C. § 2064 (b)(3), when its subsidiary failed to timely report to the government a potentially hazardous defect in its Black & Decker SpaceMaker coffeemaker despite years' worth of consumer complaints about the product. Following an evidentiary hearing as to the appropriate remedy for the reporting violation, the court entered a permanent injunction which, in its final form, requires Spectrum to adhere to its…
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