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Hobart Corporation


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February 2007: "Hobart is the world’s premier commercial food equipment and service provider for the foodservice and food retail industries. Hobart manufactures products for refrigeration; warewashing and waste handling; food preparation; baking; cooking; and weighing, wrapping and labeling systems."

http://www.hobartcorp.com/hobartg6/co/news.nsf/releases/60454267955414F38525722100573D2A

Third-Party Descriptions

December 2005: "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. The safety guard that was on the grinder when it left the factory in 1961 was sawed off some years later. The company was nevertheless found negligent for failing to anticipate how future owners would alter the machine."

http://members.forbes.com/forbes/2005/1226/052a.html

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Dec 26, 2005 Sticker Shock: Even consumer advocates are complaining about warning-label overkill.

QUOTE: caught between lawsuits claiming they failed to protect consumers from "hidden" hazards--is there really any mystery about what can happen when you stand on the top of a ladder?--and the impossibility of making their products idiot-proof, manufacturers slap warning labels on everything but the kitchen sink in order to ward off liability.

 Forbes