Hmmm stupid law suit idea.

[JJ]

ok we all know there are some stupid law suits out there. i was thinking what would the next stupid law suit idea be? well heres a few idea's....

1. candles (they dont have the warning about the black powerder from the whick)

2. Doughnuts

3. Computer Screens (lol evil cause they make ya addicted to games liek cantr =P)

4. Music (they'll find a way for that one)

and last but not least...

5 teletubies or some other horrid lil evil child show on public television. (shudders at the thought)

well i'd liek to hear what you all think about these few stupid but yet possible law suits LOL! see ya!

[Rob Maule]

Makers of computer games are already being sued. The makers of Everquest, for instance. Some mother sued them because her epileptic son died from overexposure to the screen, for which he was already warned by his doctor.

[jeslange]

*A woman is sueing MacDonald's because kids tease her son for being fat. 1. It so happens that every McDonald's I've seen in the last 5 or so years had a big poster on the wall near the line that has nutritional info about all of its food 2. Who buys the kid McDonald's? Mommy does. 3. How can you not tell that your kid's not healthy BEFORE he gets big enough for people to make fun of him? 4. Does sueing MacDonald's make your kid less fat or stop people from making fun of him for it?

*In the U.S., you can be sued if a someone gets hurt on your property. A kid broke his leg tripping over a neighbor's tree stump, and there are thousands of other such lawsuits. 1. Why are they letting their kids trespass on the neighbor's property in the 1st place? 2. Why aren't they watching their kids? 3. Why blame someone for the kinds of accidents children have, like hurting themselves because their having to much fun to watch where thry're going?

*Why do people sue for so much f***ing money? You break your leg, and suddenly you HAVE to have 5 million dollars and a public apology from the person who didn't even mean to hurt you? 1. The cost of just about everything is going up because of this: food, medical services, vehicles, etc., etc., etc.,etc., etc. 2. The courts are tied up bith a buch of crap, so that real looking into REAL problems get postponed or ignored altogether. 3. The public is paranoid about being sued, and won't do things they would do normally, like try to save someone's life.

***In some parts of the U.S., people will walk right past a dying person in the middle of a public place, because people who have saved someone's life have been sued for doing so. (Like you pull a guy out of a car that's on fire, and in the process break his wrist because it is lodged in something, and you get sued because even though you SAVED THE MAN'S LIFE, you hurt him.

*Sorry this is a really hot topic for me, even though I haven't had the luxury of being sued YET.

*In the U.S., 50% of the residents will be sued in their lifetimes based on current stats.

*In Atlanta, it's illegal to leave your giraffe tied to a street light.

*In Georgia, it's illegal to let your elephant walk the streets without some kind of leash/rope/chain, whatever.

*In the U.S., if you break the law, you have a "debt to society". Why? Shouldn't you have a debt to the family of the person you killed, the person who you stole from, etc.?

My personal quote: "I love my country for what it CAN be."

[Meh]

http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/45 ... laugh.html

Think driving a car today sucks? Well at least you weren't driving one in Pennsylvania in the 1920's. If so, you would have been subject to the rules of the "Pennsylvania Farmer's Anti- Automobile Society".


Among the rules were the following:


1) When driving at night, you must set of a rocket every mile traveled to warn others of your approach.


2) When encountering a horse-drawn vehicle, you must pull completely off the road and cover your automobile with branches or shrubbery so that it must not frighten the horse


& 3) If the horse is still too frightened to pass, you must disassemble your vehicle and hide all parts in the ditch or nearby woods.

[Missy]

Sorry ...must reply to the post about pennsylvania. It is after all my homestate.
I'm sure a lot of what you mention existed because of the huge population of amish! -And farmers
Today people are careless there just as they probably were back in the old days. Causing horse and buggy to go off road because of careless driving.

MY HUSBAND to be included-.....ignorant guy he is, drives by beeping in hopes to startle the horses.

I have no compassion or sympathy for wreckless drivers who get sued. Included are those who drive while using their cell phones, drive while drinking a soda from the last mc. dees they stopped at. And those who don't choose to obey the rules of the road. Driving is not something to be taken lightly and no matter how any of you wish to bash me for saying what I've just said, if cell phones- and drinks- and reading while driving etc were banned while driving an automobile instead of just a "moral law" , And people were pulled over and FINED outrageously for doing these things, can you imagine how many less accidents we'd have in the united states, let alone deaths?

If you hit me, because you were careless enough to pick up your cell phone and think "it won't happen to me, i won't wreck or injure anyone" You better believe I'm going to sue YOU! And if someone does something beligerant like my husband does - the beeping the horn in hopes for a laugh if it should startle the horses? I HOPE TO GOD they sue him as well!
People in the United States are inconsiderate, and selfish!


As far as plain accidents - ones such as human error go? Noone deserves to be sued for that type of thing. Like the man who just ran over so many people in Cali? At a farmers market? He doesn't deserve to be sued. I'm quite sure he feels terrible enough and probably won't be driving ever again.

And the MC Donalds lawsuits? Those are plain sick impo! Some people in the US also don't like to take responsiblity for their actions. Included is one of the first lawsuits Mc Donalds ever had- the guy with the cup of hot coffee who sued them because the lid didn't say it was "hot". It really makes you wonder- He probably would have sued them also if they handed him a cup of coffee that was luke warm for false advertising.
And the overweight lawsuits? People are either REALLY REALLY dumb, or REALLY REALLY money hungry or BOTH. Who in their right mind eats MC.Donalds and DOESN'T know it is so unhealthy? For god sakes you can taste the fat dripping right off the burgers!! DUHHHHHHH! Not to mention if you are overweight, it doesn't have to do with just the fast food you eat, but your over all life style! LAME!

Over the past year I've gotten pretty chunky- I have noone to blame but myself! It is sad that some people in this world feel their weight issues are to blame for someone elses cooking. Because this implies these people don't have minds of their own. Nor willpower or determination to eat healthy. The knowledge is and has been there for years on what and what not to eat. And noone can say that they have no access to the knowledge (unless they are homeless) for you're taught it in school. I remember the charts from as far back as first grade- and all the way up. So why do others not? Simply dumb people looking for money for some gastric bypass surgery.

And what about stores being sued for leaving boxes and such out in aisles- people tripping over them and suing? Thats also uncalled for. Pay attention to where you are GOING. And you wont fall! In relation to jeslanges post (i think) - suing them for tripping over a box that was obviously clear to see to lots of others, is not going to give you any more brain cells; or attention span.

I could go on and on and on....but I think there are some reasons for suing. Others have no basis- others don't deserve a small fraction of a second inside of a courthouse, much less the documents put into a lawyers hand!

[Solfius]

I saw a film last night, and in one of the adverts before it started it had an advert for a Citreon. In this advert the car splits in two, the front half, and back half, because of the separate audio systems. If you wanted to be really supid and picky you could sue Citreon for false advertising as the car doesn't really split into 2 like it does in the advert

[Ardan]

Did you know? Attempting to burglarize a home, and failing, gives you the right to sue the homeowner!

A burglar entered a house late at night, tripped and fell, and broke his leg, making a lot of noise. The homeowner came out, called the cops, burglar was hauled off to jail. He plead no contest to the charge, got a suspended sentence, and he went on to win a multi-million dollar lawsuit against the homeowner. (Since he'd plead no contest, the fact that he was caught burglarizing the home couldn't be used as evidence against him...leaving the homeowner unable to prove it was the burglar's fault.)

Moral of the story: If you can't steal the old fashioned way, have the government do it for you.

Idiotic Supreme Court, idiotic Congress, idiotic jurors who don't know when to say, "Enough is enough!"

[Cathy Willey]

I saw a film last night, and in one of the adverts before it started it had an advert for a Citreon. In this advert the car splits in two, the front half, and back half, because of the separate audio systems. If you wanted to be really supid and picky you could sue Citreon for false advertising as the car doesn't really split into 2 like it does in the advert

I've seen stuff like that on advertisements for toys here in the U.S. Most Barbie commercials feature the dolls moving around by means of stop-motion photography (or, I guess, CGI these days) rather than a little girl's hand, and the disclaimer "Doll Cannot Move On Its Own". Likewise, there was one for a board game involving play money; the commercial had the faces on the play money talking to each other, and a disclaimer, "Game Money Does Not Actually Talk".

I'd ask how dumb they think we are, but then again...

[Solfius]

Interestingly I've only heard of that level of "disclaimerism" in America, not anywhere in the UK have I heard of/ seen the same amount of stating the obvious

[ephiroll]

That's because people are sue crazy in the states, if there's a way to get money out of someone we will find it...like someone told me long ago...CYA (cover your ass).

[ephiroll]

My favorite though is the warning on the paper wrapper for car fan belts..."Warning: Make sure that car engine is off before installing."...I'd like to have seen what event made someone think that the warning was nessacary.

[JJ]

lol or the warning on razor blades (dont ask) pretty much self spoken for. but hey people are stupid enough to go oh i wonder if it will cut me hmmm. *slice* wow bleedign to death ill sue! lol

[jeslange]

Wait a minute! Are you trying to say razor blades can cut someone? I don't see a warning label on mine, and I could easily hurt myself! How am I supposed to know they are sharp if someone doesn't tell me? It's not like they're made to cut something.

[thingnumber2]

no warning label on the outside of peaches or cherries warning about pits on the middle, what if I choke and get seriously injured, I could sue them!

[Indio no.9]

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