A group of Japanese lawyers are preparing to file a lawsuit against California company Paloma Industries for carbon monoxide poisoning caused by the company's gas water heaters.
In July, the Ministry of Trade released a report documenting numerous cases of death by Paloma over the past decade. 10 people had died in Hokkaido from using these "tankless" heating devices in their homes.
The Japanese by nature tend to avoid conflict, so I was surprised by this initiative to challenge a bunch of sue-happy Americans in a court of law. It's kinda like if Napoleon Dynamite fought Mike Tyson in a boxing ring. In any case, I'm rooting for the underdog.
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