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  • Taser handed first loss in stun gun wrongful death lawsuit

    06/11/2008 12:58:56 PM PDT · by davidosborne · 17 replies · 13+ views
    http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2008/06/09/daily28.html?ana=yfcpc ^ | 09 June 2008 | Patrick O'Grady - Phoenix Business Journal
    Taser International Inc. was deemed partially responsible for the 2005 death of a Northern California man, resulting in a damage award of more than $6.2 million. The verdict, announced June 6, represents the first case lost by Scottsdale-based Taser (Nasdaq:TASR). The jury in the U.S. District Court case found Taser 15 percent responsible in the death of Robert C. Heston, while Heston himself was 85 percent responsible. Heston was struck three times by Salinas, Calif., police officers using a Taser stun gun, and the lawsuit argued that the shocks combined with the fact he was intoxicated with methamphetamine caused his...
  • BLOOMBERG'S CREDIBILITY "PLUNGES" (Bloomberg "News" caught in MAJOR Howler)

    12/01/2004 9:18:44 AM PST · by Dont Mention the War · 8 replies · 1,113+ views
    The Conspiracy to Keep You Poor and Stupid ^ | November 30, 2004 | Don Luskin
    BLOOMBERG'S CREDIBILITY "PLUNGES"Bloomberg News reports: Tasers Should Be Banned, Human Rights Group Says; Shares PlungeNovember 30, 2004 08:11 EST -- Police and military officers should be banned from using Taser International Inc. stun guns until their safety can be proven, Amnesty International said in a report. Taser's shares plunged 50 percent in early trading. Uh, no... the stock simply split 2:1 today. Thanks to our correspondent "Irrational Exuberance" for the catch.Posted by Donald Luskin at 8:22 AM