We’ve been following BikeBiz’s articles on the Walmart/Dynacraft QR suit for a while now and finally the jury has come to a decision. They found for Walmart and Dynacraft. Here is what BikeBiz has to say about the hearing:

Kid faceplants were due to rider- and parent-error, not faulty quick release mechanisms, said the 12 jurors in an eight-week Marin Country trial that, had it gone the other way, could have sent shock waves through the global bike industry, similar to the ‘lawyers’ lips’ panic of the mid-1990s.

The 11 to 1 decision was reached yesterday.

Nine sets of parents had filed suit against Wal-mart, bike importer Dynacraft and an insurance adjustment company. The parents publicised their case with the ‘blood on their hands’ SHOK website: Wal-mart Stop Hurting Our Kids.

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