article_snippet.sent: The verdict came nearly two years after Chrysler compromised with a federal safety agency and agreed to a scaled-down recall of some older-model Jeeps with the rear-mounted tanks.
article_snippet.sent: Mike Palese, spokesman for Chrysler parent company FCA US, said Chrysler is disappointed with the verdict and would appeal.
article_snippet.sent: Chrysler, Mike Palese said, was prevented from presenting data submitted to federal safety regulators showing that the vehicles did not pose an unreasonable safety risk. '
article_snippet.sent: the vehicles are not defective,' Mike Palese said.
article_snippet.sent: Chrysler has long contended that the Jeeps were no more dangerous than comparable SUVs built at the time.
article_snippet.sent: Chrysler used that argument to convince the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in 2013 to allow the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to recall the Jeeps after the government agency initially recommended that 2.7 million be repaired.
article_snippet.sent: Under the recall, Chrysler agreed to install trailer hitches in the rear as an extra layer of protection.
article_snippet.sent: Safety advocates have called the size of the recall and the fix inadequate.