[JohnHuang2]

Wednesday, January 7, 2004

Quote of the Day by Kevin Curry

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[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

A version of this joke made the rounds before the
INTERNET was started.

[GeronL]

"Two carpet installers who admit they read the label of an adhesive they used, admit they understood the adhesive was flammable and should not be used inside, used it inside anyway, caused an explosion, were burned badly, sued and won $8 million dollars."

This should surprise me

[neverdem]

"What does all this say for the future of our nation?"

Unfortunately, more trouble until you have tort reform in the fifty states. I'm afraid only US posessions and territories will be covered by any SCOTUS decision on tort reform, if it's done in observance of the Constitution.

[Skibane]

In its unanimous decision Friday, the Ohio First District Court of Appeals likened the city suit against gun makers to the absurdity of suing the makers of matches because of losses from arson. — From a newspaper account about a lawsuit against a gun manufacturer.

[highlander_UW]

And here I thought the urban legend was going to be an intelligent, morally grounded leftist...of course one is more likely to find Bigfoot riding on the back of Nessie first.

[americafirst]

"Then there's the infamous McDonald's case"

There's more to this story too. McD's was repeatedly warned about serving coffee that was unreasonably hot and failed to act. There had been dozens of scalding incidents prior to this one and the jury wanted to send McD's a message to, once and for all, decrease the temp of their served coffee. So maybe it was a poor case to serve as a warning, but it worked.

[johnny7]

Merv Grazinski

Hmmm... Polish maybe? Years ago, a legal friend told me about the 'reason' why lawnmowers had that stupid 'shut-off' bar on the handle. He refered to a court case where 2 Polish brothers were using a lawnmower to trim their hedges. He went into the details of their injuries... lost fingers and hacked up legs. After a large settlement, the 'shut-off' bar became standard equipment.

Being half Polish, I took it on face value. But looking back, I realized that they couldn't have been Polish dudes. They would have never had the cunning wisdom to turn stupidity into a windfall.