Bill Gates May Have to Testify In Xbox Fire Case

[OhioChick]

Source: Information Week

The lawyer in the case says he will proceed with efforts to depose Gates unless Microsoft settles for at least $25 million.

By Paul McDougall
InformationWeek
March 28, 2008 01:16 PM


The lawyer for the family of a teenage girl who was horribly burned in a house fire allegedly sparked by a faulty Xbox game console is threatening to have Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) chairman Bill Gates testify about the safety of his company's offshore manufacturing practices.

Attorney William Tinning said in a letter to Microsoft last week that he would seek "an apex deposition for Mr. Gates given his worldwide speeches about the inadequacies of capitalism and the need for his Warren Buffet-funded charitable trust to bridge the gap.

"This is in direct contrast with his business organization policies," wrote Tinning. Microsoft is "one of the largest employers of low wage earners in China for products built to the specification of his company which have resulted in massive recalls for safety issues," he added.

A copy of the letter has been obtained by InformationWeek.

Tinning said he would proceed with efforts to depose Gates unless Microsoft settles for at least $25 million.



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Yeah Bill, Let's hear about your "company's offshore manufacturing practices."

[DainBramaged]

1. Extortion?

Hmmm, sub-contracting a product and then paying for liability insurance is what makes product development go round and round.


Me thinks Billy isn't afraid of this lawyer.

The key word is

allegedly

and this "lawyer" (so smug) is going to have to prove it.


PS, shouldn't people occasionally turn their game consoles off?

[merwin]

2. Did I miss something?

Have ANY XBOX consoles been recalled?

I seem to recall (no pun intended) that they will replace any console with RROD for free, but I don't remember anything about a recall.

[Zech Marquis]

3. no recalls that I can remember for the 360

although the infamous RRod replacement plan could be another way for them to do it without saying the word "recall"...M$ should be ordered to pay the 360 owners who've had their consoles die on them anyway.