Beware of Darwin
While makers of shoddy goods should be punished to the full extent of the law, the bogus cases do little more than cost consumers billions of dollars a year. After all, the cost of the suits ultimately gets passed on to customers if they don't run companies out of business. On the upside, though, lawsuits such as Liebeck's have created an entire new genre of literature - the alternately insulting and incoherent warning label.
For the truly daring, read the article while running with scissors. Some of these labels are just plain silly, but it's no wonder such things exist as the result of companies trying to protect themselves from equally silly lawsuits. If you really want to see how silly lawsuits have become, be sure to check out the True Stella Awards.
For the truly daring, read the article while running with scissors. Some of these labels are just plain silly, but it's no wonder such things exist as the result of companies trying to protect themselves from equally silly lawsuits. If you really want to see how silly lawsuits have become, be sure to check out the True Stella Awards.