Viking Range to pay penalty for alleged defects
by Associated Press Published: July 5,2011
Tags: appliances, civil penalty, federal government, manufacturing, product recall, product safety
GREENWOOD — The Viking Range Corporation will pay a $450,000 civil penalty for failing to report defects in its refrigerators. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the agreement yesterday. The CPSC had alleged Greenwood-based Viking was aware for years of a defect involving its refrigerator door hinge support mechanisms that resulted in incidents and [...] [...]
