They'll be getting even more than that

Sep 23, 2021
6:59:34am

Cougs'16 Playmaker

The blinds company decided to settle for an undisclosed amount on the punitive damages portion, rather than let it go to the jury. My guess is that would be at least another $25 million.

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Cougs'16

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Whoa. Good for the Mahe family. Hopefully those types of blinds become non-existent.

mulletino mulletYno@gmail.com

9/23/21 12:00am

The same thing almost happened to our son when he was 3. We came home from a BYU football game to a driveway full of

mulletino

9/23/21 12:07am

I’ve been paranoid about it ever since I heard the news a few years ago.

OnEMoReTrY

9/23/21 12:12am

Same here.

CBer

9/23/21 12:30am

We paid extra to get our blinds without cords in our new home.

JohnnyC

9/23/21 6:09am

I installed our blinds personally - thus assuring that half of the time...

Eddie

9/23/21 9:05am

RE: I installed our blinds personally - thus assuring that half of the time...

rerunc

9/23/21 9:13am

What is amazing is it cost us $40 a blind to move to cordless. The guy selling

ordinary tri guy

9/23/21 6:22am

I've never understood why they are even made with two cords in the first place

Hotlanta

9/23/21 7:36am

You need multiple cords to pull them up

mtcougar

9/23/21 7:46am

In order to buy blinds with cords from Lowe’s you now have to special order them

Junior Deputy

9/23/21 8:13am

Same thing happened to my brother when he was younger. My wife and I have always gone cordless in every

-C9-

9/23/21 7:45am

I remember following the story, I also follow Sunny on social media and she is

Ten_Hour_Drives

9/23/21 12:15am

Didn't they stop selling those soon after that incident?

John Doe

9/23/21 12:24am

Yep. We actually took all of these old blinds out of our house and so did my parents and in-laws after this happened

YIsForBrigham

9/23/21 12:51am

We were at primary's at the same time as them, I'll never forget it

CrashMcLarson

9/23/21 3:21am

25M is amazing yet no doubt they’d trade it in a heartbeat to reverse things…

Pretorian

9/23/21 5:34am

No doubt. Sunny is still suffering from depression because of it.

ordinary tri guy

9/23/21 7:07am

Yeah. I think I could handle just about anything that's thrown at me. Losing

CougBlu

9/23/21 9:56am

They'll be getting even more than that

Cougs'16

9/23/21 6:59am

Punitive? Anyone know the details of the case? Weren't these blinds standard

QBarrister

9/23/21 9:06am

I have followed the story and Reno and Sunny are truly inspirational

cougforever

9/23/21 9:09am

i wonder what the initial low ball offer was from the company. If youre patient

buckeyecougarguy

9/23/21 10:28am

I question that this is good. They put warning labels on things and this is not

SoBlueitHurts

9/23/21 2:22pm

I suspect that if I was a parent of a child who died due to something...

Eddie

9/23/21 2:38pm

Makes some sense. Does anyone have any insight why they won despite this

SoBlueitHurts

9/23/21 3:43pm

Given your moniker, I'd sit this discussion out.

Six Foot Seven

9/23/21 5:19pm

While that remark is kind of funny and this is an uncomfortable subject

SoBlueitHurts

9/24/21 1:47am

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