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To: Gottfried who wrote (954)	10/1/1998 12:18:00 PM
From: LK2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2025

*OT*Legal problems could signal end of internet boom, leading to general stock market decline. (If people become afraid to use the internet, one of the few hot sectors will soon chill out.) Also, how can you turn an $1800 investment into a $200,000 lawsuit? With potential gains like this, no wonder people are dumping stocks. FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> foxnews.com Balding Barbie at the center of $200,000 lawsuit 11.58 a.m. ET (1558 GMT) October 1, 1998 BALTIMORE (AP) — A Barbie doll is at the center of a lawsuit in which a Canadian collector claims a rare 1960s version of the doll she bought over the Internet arrived with a severe case of chrome dome. Janice Amundson, a Barbie collector, said she bought the doll in March from a Maryland woman for $1,800. "When she opened the box that was delivered in the mail, she found that the doll's hair had gotten brittle and was falling out,'' said Joseph Hovermill, her lawyer. "It was not in the near-mint condition she'd been led to believe.'' Chunks of hair were missing, he said. Lori Maddox, who lives in Somerset County, sold the doll and said Amundson tried to dye its faded hair, causing the hair to fall out. "It was in perfect condition when I mailed it to her, and I have pictures to prove it,'' Maddox said Wednesday. "If anything happened to that doll, it was either caused by Mrs. Amundson or an act of God.'' The doll is a "Color Magic'' Barbie sold by Mattel in the late 1960s. It features hair that could be dyed blond or black; its black hair had faded to a reddish color, Maddox said. Amundson said Maddox refused to refund her money and posted a message on an Internet auction site claiming saying Amundson had spoiled the doll's condition. "Mrs. Amundson has been humiliated in front of a worldwide audience'' because of the Internet message, said the Sept. 24 lawsuit, which seeks $200,000 from Maddox for breach of contract and defamation. © 1998 Associated Press. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<