[AdamBomb]

Check out the price of a plastic Blitz gas can on ebay.....

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Kill all the (trial) lawyers.

[beef]

So, now they will be all made in China. That will improve safety. /sarc

[Red_Devil 232]

What kind of foolish idiot pours gasoline on a fire?

[E. Pluribus Unum]

I noticed at Walmart a couple of weeks ago that the price on gas cans had "skyrocketed."

Now I know why.

[bossmechanic]

There is always a greater idiot out there that you simply cannot design a product around.
Of course I’m sorry for the innocents that get hurt due to a moron adult BUT there comes a point where stupid people become a danger to society and we should let their own actions doom them. Yup - heartless, I know. And frankly, I’d like to see the fool with the gas can hug his lawyer and enjoy a good cigar together.

[Baynative]

I had to buy a new gas can a while back. It had the government approves safety spout that leaks gas, makes a mess, doesn’t work and is obviously prone to starting fires when refilling hot equipment.

[TexasCajun]

The father kills his daughter when blowing up his camper by pouring gas into a wood-burning stove and is only 30% responsible?

[cuban leaf]

I should add that if something bad HAD happened, it would be unconscionable to blame the maker of the can.

[Positive]

I have one of those cans, and I'm short of money.

I wonder how much money I could get if I DRANK some of the gasoline.

I checked... there are no warnings not to drink the gas... Of course there are warnings about putting the gas on fire and the poor innocents still got money.

Maybe the user couldn't read or maybe it was in the wrong language.

or Oh maybe the warnings are just imprinted in the plastic so only good eye sight can read it.

But the poor victims of defective plastic cans probably knew that gasoline burns... oh!

Or maybe they thought gas extinguishes fires!

Geez... I wonder how much gas I could drink without killing myself?

A 5th?

[Figment]

Good riddance. I have about 5 or 6 Blitz gas cans and every one of them leak. The only reason I have them is they are the only brand you can find. The lawsuit that sunk them sounds bogus, but no telling how many folks have had accidents with their leaky product and didn’t sue

[Rio]

I have some of these Blitz cans and they are terrible.

I agree that the ventless thing was a very bad idea.

Anyone care to recommend a better gas can?

[formosa]

Let me get this straight. A few ambulance chasers and 3 town idiots manage to ruin the livelihoods of at least 117 people. And they call right wingers greedy and selfish.

[DickBrannigan]

Some detail behind the child’s death:

“The girl, 4, was living in an unheated camper in Utah when her father poured gasoline into a woodstove, which ignited, Flick said. The child and her father caught on fire, the father ran out of the camper and left the child inside while he tried to put flames out that were on him”

He left his 4 year old daughter inside a burning camper?

I hope he dies a slow, agonizing death......

[Buckeye McFrog]

I’m sure when we’re all forced to carry gasoline around in old Clorox jugs, we’ll all be a lot safer.

[FatherofFive]

The child was living in a camper in Utah when her father poured gasoline into a wood stove, which ignited, he said.

And it was 70% the gas can's fault, 25% the 'Big Oil' company, 15% the stove manufacturer and 12.75% the match maker.

Even if the can developed a leak and spilled into the stove, I still blame the Dad for keeping gas near an open flame.

[CodeToad]

This should go to appeal. Improper use of product should never be a liability to the maker.

Good for Blitz to go out of business and go Galt. Maybe those being laid off ought to go visit the idiots that sued them.

[popdonnelly]

Darn, I’ve got a Blitz can in the garage. Yes, the American public is too stupid to know enough not to pour gasoline on a fire. In their stupidity, they must be protected from evil makers of gas cans.

[43north]

I have used Blitz gasoline and Diesel containers for years. I like the ventless caps. They are slow but are spill-proof if properly used. As long as you have the little yellow “sub-cap” and screw the assembly on tight I have not had a problem with leakage. Keeping the containers away from direct sunlight is always a best practice.

When I found out they were going to start using “No-spill” spouts as mandated by the California Air Resources Board (they real culprits who CAUSE fuel spills every time these Rube Goldberg spouts are used) I purchased a lot of 1 gallon Blitz containers on Ebay that had the ventless spouts so I would have some spares. Screw the CARB and the EPA! I use the gas cans to store pure gas that is unadulterated with corn juice too. I am SUCH a rebel!

It saddens me to learn that Blitz was forced from business due to the actions of some idiot and his lawyers. Isn’t the first time this has happened and unfortunately won’t be the last.

[Sarajevo]

Everyone seems to be focused on the dumb@$$ that dumped gasoline in a stove in his camper (yeah, that was stupid), but what about this: The jury found Blitz 70 percent liable, Flick said.?

I'd call that a seriously dumb jury. They completely drove this guy out of business and put people out of work for a third party's stupidity.