Eddie wrote: [QUOTE] Does the retailer have any recourse against the distributor or manufactuer in cases like this?[/QUOTE] Other than resigning their dealership for the brand? I don't know. It is possible that the distributor might feel a /moral/ obligation to cover the retailer's cost - particularly given the judge's pronouncements on the performance of the product at the centre of the case - but whether the retailer might have recourse to law I am not qualified to say.