The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission backed the plaintiffs, warning the Ninth Circuit that finding for Wal-Mart could let employers escape punitive damages for systematic employment discrimination.

WSJ: Supreme Court Will Hear Wal-Mart Challenge to Class-Action Suit

In a controversial 1999 decision the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York held that Hobart Corp. was liable for failing to put a warning label on a meat grinder in which an employee lost his hand.

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