Retailers deny liability when a defective product causes property damage
A customer's deck sustained peeling, spotting, and eventual structural rot after using a defective batch of wood stain purchased from a big-box retailer. The retailer denied the initial claim and only offered partial material replacement despite an $8,000 repair estimate.
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