very well might be, but fighting a lawsuit costs money, with or without merit, and when you have sensational media stories ringing louder in the memories of a juror than the expert testifying in front of them and more trust in the talking head (anyone remember the movie "network"?) to go with it, you still spend a lot. Two years ago i bought a square body chevy, and my mind instantly went back to the "DEATH BY FIRE!" expose from NBC which I remembered clearly, down to the minor details.... from 1993, when I was 9. That drama sticks with you, and there was a few on the Remingtons, and that tainted juror mind is an issue.I believe the M700 "faulty trigger" was largely a red herring.
Not THR appropriate, but still relevant, I think, for those who missed it, in 1993, NBS produced a short pseudo-documentary on how the 1973-1991 Chevrolet K/C/V series trucks would explode when hit, even at low speeds.... In order to "prove" this, they filled the gas tanks manually, beyond what a functioning gas pump allows, left the gas caps off, set a bomb under the gastank, yea, really, and t-boned the trucks.... This led to lawsuits against GM, GM suing NBC, NBC famously casually promising to refrain from fraud in the future.
Why the above is important, the owners of these network hate civilian firearm ownership, far more than trucks.