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Mar. 26, 2009

A Slow End to 'Kwikset'

The case that became the poster child for abusive lawsuits might at long last be over.

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By John H. Sullivan

"And just when you think it's all over, it's only begun," as Willie Nelson's crackling summation goes in "Red Headed Stranger."

But maybe it is over, at long last - the notorious Benson v. Kwikset case that vied for top poster child in an expansive field of ridiculous and truly abusive lawsuits that helped propel Proposition 64 to victory on the California initiative ballot in 2004. In late February,...

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