OTHER NEWS - Aug. 25, 1995

Suzuki Class-Action Suit Overturned: The California Court of Appeal struck down the lawsuit claiming that as many as 45,000 Suzuki Samurai owners in the state were entitled to $2,000 each to correct alleged design defects. In a lawsuit originally filed in 1989, Deidre Carney claimed she was unfairly charged $2,000 to make her Samurai safe from rollover accidents. A Los Angeles County Superior Court ruled in November that the outcome of the Carney case against American Suzuki Motor Corp. of Brea could apply to all 45,000 owners. But the appellate court said the evidence in the case “demonstrated that only a small percentage of the Samurais sold during the class period have been involved in rollover accidents.”