Walmart Sued Over Girl Scouts Killed by Driver on Dust Spray (2)

Walmart Inc. and AW Distribution Inc. were hit with a federal suit in California over the sale of computer dust remover sprays by the relatives of two Girl Scouts and a chaperone who were killed by a driver high on Ultra Duster.

Ultra Duster contains difluoroethane (DFE), a central nervous system depressant that, when inhaled, “causes debilitating and impairing effects such as unconsciousness, drowsiness, dizziness, and suffocation,” the complaint alleges.

The complaint alleges that AW distributes, and Walmart sells, the product “in quantities far greater than what would be expected if used only for its intended use,” despite knowing that ...