Silly Warning Labels

[TB666]

These labels are legal CYA, cover your arse, because some intellectually challenged individuals have won large monetary lawsuits in the past because there wasn't a warning label. Ever look at the label for a box of rat poison, yes, not for human consumption, oh really? Whodda thunk it?

The legal system is screwed up then.
These kinda cases should just be laughed at and dismissed.
Do they really think that people that are stupid enough to actually think of for example put their hand in a blender while it is running is smart enough to read the box first ??

[Peasant Phill]

The legal system is screwed up then.
These kinda cases should just be laughed at and dismissed.
Do they really think that people that are stupid enough to actually think of for example put their hand in a blender while it is running is smart enough to read the box first ??

It's not a case of preventing such freak accidents but rather making sure no one can sue the manufacturers the 'tools-of-mayhem'. If it wasn't possible in (for the most part anglo-saxon countries) to sue for the most ridiculous reasons and amounts and still win, this phenomenon wouldn't exist.

To award damages, the legal system should determine who is to blame right. In such stupid cases as these, the consumer (a.k.a. mr/mrs. retard) would carry the blame for the most part if not entirely. So why should (s)he get damages in such a huge amount?

If only we would live in a logical society, damages would only be granted when accidents happen during normal use (or what would be considered widespread use) of an object. So labels would have an informational value rather than legal protection for the manufacturer.

[Vladimir]

If only we would live in a logical society, damages would only be granted when accidents happen during normal use (or what would be considered widespread use) of an object. So labels would have an informational value rather than legal protection for the manufacturer.

We don't live in a logical society but a litigious one. The word 'reason' is not what it once was during the Age of Reason.