Family Affairs
As the Maglite became popular and the company grew, Mag Instruments Inc. became a family operated company with Tony Maglica as President, Claire Maglica operating the marketing, personnel and purchasing departments, and Claire's sons, Stephen and Christopher Halasz, holding positions in the company as Vice President and Director of Research and Development, respectively.
In 1992 though, there was a shakeup at the company when Claire Maglica discovered that Tony Maglica had been arranging to leave the company to his children from a previous marriage upon his death. This started a bitter family battle that would last over a decade and result in Claire and her sons leaving the company, Claire filing a palimony lawsuit against Tony for $200 million, and Claire's sons starting their own flashlight company in 1997, Bison Sportslights, Inc. (Archive)
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