multimillion dollar business struggling because of cheap imports and a california law that limits his ability to label his flashlights made in america. people say, why don t you mark, made in the usa. i can do it. i will get sued. under california law, a single rivet or screw can be too much. mag light and other u.s. companies say the existing law so inflexible it allows trial lawyers to sue over trivial components. multitool manufacture got sued for a foreign knife blade, a door maker for a few screws made in mexico and maglite for a rubber seal from taiwan. each company lost. many companies avoid the label entirely because they can t risk losing million-dollar judgments. if it s a question of cutting corners, saving money, increasing profits which is often the case, then it shouldn t bear a label that s