But Seeger tried a second case against German wallboard manufacturer and distributor Knauff, which ended in mid-March.

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In this case that was Janus Investment Fund, the distributor of Janus mutual funds, even though the offending words were actually written by the much more profitable advisory arms of the company.

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The second case involves a product made in the U.K. and sold to a distributor in Ohio that wound up injuring a worker in New Jersey.

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