My favorite stupid lawsuit story is about Ruger, the gun manufacturer.
Some moron up in Alaska bought a Ruger handgun, went home and shot
himself in the foot. He sued Ruger because they didn't tell him that
the gun was dangerous. Ruger lost, paid a two million dollar
settlement, and has stamped a paragraph of warnings on the barrel of
every gun manufactured since then.
Another one - I worked for Kawasaki in the 70's. One of our customers
in Alabama put his dirt bike in the basement for the winter - without
turning off the fuel tap on the fuel tank. The fuel leaked, caught fire
and burned his house down. He sued Kawasaki because even though the
owners manual says to turn off the fuel tap when storing your motorcycle
it didn't tell you WHY you should turn it off. Kawasaki lost and bought
him a new house.
Whatever happened to the concept of a "reasonable and prudent" man?
Rick
Dan Dwelley wrote:
> I would venture to guess CYA! They don't want to risk
> being liable for someones misuse of a product. It
> sounds stupid but there are actual lawsuits pending
> and some that were won because there wasn't a warning
> not to do something.
>
> The biggest one that comes to mind is Lawn Boy (the
> lawn mower manufacturer) A couple of guys needed to
> trim a hedge but forgot to bring the hedge trimmer.
> one got the bright idea that they could use the lawn
> mower if one held onto the front and the other held
> onto the back one on each side of the hedge. Guess
> what...one of them lost his grip and the other got
> injured. They took Lawn Boy to court stating that
> there wasn't any warnings in the paperwork stating
> "Not for use to trim hedges".
> Outcome...Lawn Boy lost the lawsuit and had to pay
> some very big bucks to these two idiots.
>
> Dan Dwelley
> 77 Midget
> Alexandria, Va.
>
> --- HealeyRic2@aol.com wrote:
> > Listers
> >
> > Received the latest Eastwood catalog yesterday and
> > noticed the Portable,
> > Illuminated, Hawkeye Borescope that allows one to
> > "inspect and diagnosis the
> > interiors of blocks
> > cylinder heads, rears, and "other hidden areas". by
> > inserting a lighted
> > probe. Overlayed on the picture of the device
> > probing a cylinder head
> > through the spark plug hole is the legend "Not for
> > Medical Use" What are
> > these guys thinking of? A slow day in the shop with
> > the words, "Charlie,
> > haul your but over here, drop your drawers,I gotta
> > check this bad boy out"?
> > Or maybe its just concern that some
> > Gastro-Intestinal specialist is going to
> > bypass the med supply houses to pick up a deal on
> > colonoscopy equipment?
> >
> > Rick
> >
>
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