Computer maker's win could reduce RSI suits

Business Insurance, June, 1998 by Greenwald, Judy

JUDY GREENWALD BROOKLYN, N.Y. - A court victory by a computer manufacturer in a keyboard injury lawsuit last week is expected to further discourage additional cases in a litigation area that has already lost much of its steam. After the victory in Gonzales vs. Digital Equipment Corp., defense attorneys say they now expect an even further drop in cases filed against computer manufacturers that charge them with causing repetitive strain injuries Cases filed on the issue have already declined, apparently because plaintiffs attorneys' have failed to wrest anything more than a single clear lasting victory among the 31 cases that have been tried, according to the Center for Office Technology, a computer maker trade group in Alexandria, Va.

And even that one victory is...