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Note 16 - Contingencies
6 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Notes to Financial Statements  
Contingencies Disclosure [Text Block]

16)     Contingencies

 

From time to time, the Company is subject to various claims and legal proceedings, including claims related to environmental remediation, either asserted or unasserted, that arise in the ordinary course of business. While the outcome of these proceedings and claims cannot be predicted with certainty, the Company’s management does not believe that the outcome of any of the currently existing legal matters will have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flow. The Company accrues for losses related to a claim or litigation when the Company’s management considers a potential loss probable and can reasonably estimate such potential loss.

 

Litigation

 

In the second quarter of fiscal year 2019, a lawsuit was filed against Standex Electronics, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Electronics”), by Miniature Precision Components, Inc., a customer (“MPC”), seeking damages in connection with allegedly faulty sensors designed and manufactured by Electronics.  The subject sensors were incorporated by MPC into a subassembly sold by MPC to its customer, an automotive manufacturer. MPC alleges that the sensors incorrectly activated a diagnostic code in vehicles for which MPC’s customer issued a service bulletin, resulting in significant warranty costs for MPC. In the litigation, which is pending in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, MPC seeks indemnification from Electronics for its costs. Electronics has numerous defenses to MPC’s claims and, based upon discovery completed to date, the Company believes that liability to Electronics, while possible, is not probable, and the range of any potential liability would be between $0 and $4.0 million. There have been no accrued liabilities recorded related to this litigation.