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My grandfather was actually the first person to sue the US government (and particularly interesting for this case, it was against the CPSC) and have it actually
by trsohmers 11y ago
My grandfather was actually the first person to sue the US government (and particularly interesting for this case, it was against the CPSC) and have it actually come to vote in congress. My grandfather was the president of Marlin Toy Company, and in 1972 the CPSC mistakenly kept one of its products (the Flutter Ball) on the banned products list, and they refused to fix it until the next version of the list came out.
Surprisingly I can't find much on the case online (Some links below), and my Grandfather doesn't like to talk about it too much (though I have a box of legal documents from the case plus some articles). You can find more by looking up Edward Sohmers and the Marlin Toy Company.
https://library.cqpress.com/cqalmanac/document.php?id=cqal75-1211392 https://library.cqpress.com/cqalmanac/document.php?id=cqal75...
https://books.google.com/books?id=cyU_fdnWhD8C&pg=PA22550&lpg=PA22550&dq=Marlin+Toy+company+sohmers&source=bl&ots=EX3WNJmmBI&sig=BZwSCWle-ZV05fMY9zj9eQk_DQ0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiukN-V-enLAhVC5WMKHRVEAbkQ6AEILDAD#v=onepage&q=Marlin%20Toy%20company%20sohmers&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=cyU_fdnWhD8C&pg=PA22550&lp...