11.   The change will not prevent injured workers from suing manufacturers of defective equipment.

12.   These stories may involve outrageously rude behavior, incomprehensible instructions or defective equipment, and we need everyone to be as appalled as we are.

13.   Berthold Rueth, spokesman for Akzo Nobel Faser headquarters, in Arnheim, the Netherlands, said repairs were started immediately on the defective equipment.

14.   Onoda said Nissan had reported six cases of fires from the defective equipment so far in Japan, but there were no reports of injuries.

15.   The manufacturer of a medical device that may have spread a potentially life-threatening bacteria waited two months to begin recalling the defective equipment, federal officials said.

16.   He said he was happy with the present procedure, adding that although there might be some shortcomings in the system it did not result in purchasing defective equipment.