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| | Civil Justice Memo 18 | Manufacturing the Audi Scare, by Peter Huber |
 | | And yet, according to the Center for Auto Safety--a self-styled public interest organization that sells its research to plaintiffs' lawyers--the Audi 100's predecessor, the Audi 5000, was as deadly as the Audi 100 is safe. |
 | | With Audi shellshocked and vulnerable from the earlier junkengineering claims, the pedal placement lawyers moved in. |
 | | In July, 1989, shortly after the report was released, Audi ran a hopeful advertisement titled "Case Closed." "The case is not closed," responded Robert Lisco, a Chicago plaintiffs' attorney. |
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