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"Briggs, others face new lawsuits
Engine makers misled consumers, plaintiffs allege

By Rick Barrett of the Journal Sentinel

Posted: Jan. 6, 2009"
Briggs, others face new lawsuits - JSOnline

Briggs & Stratton Corp. and other small-engine makers are facing a new round of lawsuits that claim the companies lied about horsepower ratings and misled consumers.

The cases allege that small-engine manufacturers and companies selling outdoor power equipment misrepresented and overstated horsepower ratings in advertising and marketing.

Identical engines were labeled with different horsepower ratings, misleading consumers into believing they were getting more power by purchasing more expensive models, according to one of the lawsuits.

"You had people buying a certain horsepower engine when, in fact, it wasn't as powerful as they thought," said Edward Kirk Wood, one of the plaintiff attorneys from Birmingham, Ala.

Briggs & Stratton, the world's largest manufacturer of small gasoline engines, declined to comment on the lawsuits.