Woman Sues Bacardi After Alleged Injury From "Flaming Rum"

AP ^ | 7/26/06

[jiggyboy]

Sue the bar, not Bacardi. That might go somewhere. Oops, I forgot, Bacardi has bigger pockets.

[TChris]

IOW, it's all Bacardi's fault that alcohol burns?

Sheesh!

[Abathar]

"The lawsuit alleges that Bacardi 151 proof rum "emits a high volume of combustible and explosive vapor" which makes it "unreasonably dangerous" and a "defective product.""

Oh good grief, thats what your PAY for! Was she sitting at the bar having a Pepsi? I can see maybe going after the bartender if he was an idiot about it, or the guy who lit it, but thats like suing Amoco if your car catches fire.

[cripplecreek]

A bottle of Bacardi 151 that was being used to pour the shots turned into a flame thrower

[fatnotlazy]

Once again, the stupid have to blame someone else for their idiocy.

[LowOiL]

a customer lit a menu on fire and placed it in the stream of alcohol.

That is all that needs to be said for rational people to understand fault here.

[HamiltonJay]

when a customer lit a menu on fire and placed it in the stream of alcohol.

This guy should have been prosecuted for Attempted Murder in the 2nd degree..... Turning a bottle rum into a molatile(sp) coctail in a night club certainly shows depraved indifference.

[spunkets]

"a customer lit a menu on fire and placed it in the stream of alcohol."

This is per the Bacardi instruction manual right?

[highimpact]

...when a customer lit a menu on fire and placed it in the stream of alcohol.

Sounds like the customer should be sued, if not prosecuted criminally. Bacardi didn't do anything wrong. The drink did exactly what it was designed to do. When exposed to a flame and O2, 75% alcohol is gonna burn. This is no different than suing a gun manufacturer for a homicide.

[doc30]

I suppose bottles of booze are going to need MSDS's and NFPA warning stickers now.

[Freedom4US]

Don't look for justice, logic or common sense in lawsuits. Bacardi didn't do anything wrong, but they have enough money to make it worthwhile as far as the lawyers are concerned and will likely settle out of court for a nice profit for the lawyers, and a little something for the plaintiff.

[highimpact]

Molotov cocktail

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Molotov cocktail, named after Vyacheslav Molotov, also known as petrol bomb, benzine torch, molotov grenade or molotov bomb, is the generic name for a variety of crude incendiary weapons. While they are commonly associated with irregular military forces and rioters, they are actually more frequently used for basic arson[citation needed]. In urban slang, they are often referred to as a homemade frag or "the poor man's hand grenade".

[whd23]

After hours telephone messages left at the Miami-based Bacardi USA, Inc., were not immediately returned.

What's the point of including this sentence in the article? It's AFTER HOURS you morons!

[ClearCase_guy]

Alcohol burns? Who knew?

They should pass a law, or something.

[2banana]

Molotov cocktail, named after Vyacheslav Molotov, also known as petrol bomb, benzine torch, molotov grenade or molotov bomb, is the generic name for a variety of crude incendiary weapons. While they are commonly associated with irregular military forces and rioters, they are actually more frequently used for basic arson[citation needed]. In urban slang, they are often referred to as a homemade frag or "the poor man's hand grenade".

WRONGO - It was named by the Fins defending their lands from the Soviet invasion of the 1939 war. They called them the "Molotov cocktail" like when they were throwing the bottles "Here is another cocktail for you - Molotov!"

[LRS]

I use to drink Bicardi's 151 until I felt like I was candidate for spontaneous human combustion...

[Mr. Brightside]

Woman Sues Bacardi After Alleged Injury From "Flaming Rum"

The title also seems written by a moron.

The way it is written the woman has only "alleged" injuries.

The word alleged should be used as such: "allegedy from flaming rum."

[yoe]

Oh good Lord! Any judge that lets this in his/her court should be summarily thrown of that bench!

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Bacardi 151 isn't dangerous. I cook with it all the time!