https://www.kcci.com/article/des-mo...e-her-apartment-after-overnight-fire/38186919 I'd always wondered why shows with stunts say "Do not try this at home!" or why there are warning labels on products ranging from batteries to candy bar wrappers. I guess this would illustrate the reason.
I lived in two apartments in my life...only one year each. One place had wooden decks. Mine faced the courtyard. One evening I could see the guy across the courtyard lighting his grill. Lots of fluid+no shirt+long hair+short match=free entertainment I was surprised he did not burn his place down. People я stoopid.
I have to believe that warning labels are placed on certain products because someone got stupid at some point. Like the warning permanently imbedded on a lawnmower. Someone had to have reached under the thing to clear away the chute whilst it was running. Too bad there wasn’t a warning label on Castor Oil way back when grandma gave me that dose when I was a kid. All over the world the stuff is used as a topical ointment but nope, not here in the U.S. and certainly not by grandma.
Yes, a part they fail to consider is putting others in danger. I wonder if this bug-zapping dope has any concern about the people in his apartment building who no longer have homes.
In the grand scheme of things, I think it’s a thing about representation. When an American athlete wins a gold at the olympics, it’s a gold for the whole of the U.S. When an idiot does something stupid, it’s a win for all the idiots.
Seeming endless and unnecessary warning labels are the results of a litigious society with members who can make money blaming others for the consequences of their own actions. .
Yes, that does seem to be true. I'm not 100% sure of the time frame, but I think it may have started with the woman who sued McDonald's after she was burned by the hot coffee. Like wouldn't an average adult know coffee from a fast-food place is hot? Oh wait... if people were as intelligent as they should be, individuals wouldn't be setting bugs on fire like the guy in the first post...
Actually, the first (or perhaps a landmark) Tort case for personal injury was when someone slipped on a green bean in the produce department in a Giant Food grocery store. They won the case, because a merchant has a duty to maintain a safe place for their customers. Never mind that the customer standing next to the "slipper" was the one who spilled the beans on the floor, and there was no reasonable time for the store to pick them up. That case may have had some merit (meaning that there was genuine personal injury incurred.) The gatekeeper for this stuff is supposed to be the judge, who decides if a lawsuit has merit (is not frivolous.) A low estimate puts the number of judges (hearing all types of cases) in this country at over 15,000. All it takes is one to "set a precedent," then all other litigants are "denied justice" if they are not afforded the same opportunity to have their day in court.
I took a Business Law class in the mid 70s. That's where we studied it. I just looked in my textbook and that case is not in there, so I can't tell you what year it happened or which court heard the case. The instructor must have given us stuff from his own reference material. Now it's gonna bug me. "The Slippery Bean Case." I can still see it. Here's one from 2012 where a woman tracked water into the store from a trace amount of snow and slipped in it (her own water), incurring injuries. "They should have put down mats." Video showed 20+ other customers milling around having walked in from that same parking lot, and they were all upright. She did have genuine injuries (torn ligaments, etc) that required real treatment. The jury found that that she was was 40 percent liable and Giant was 60 percent liable. She was determined to receive $65,000, which was accordingly reduced to $39,000. I guess it's heartening that businesses will take this stuff to court and not just write a check to make the nuisance go away.
I couldn't find it either. But there have certainly been plenty of others. I also ran across this: https://listverse.com/2018/09/16/10-incredibly-curious-food-lawsuits/ A "foot-long" sandwich only being 11 inches... "Froot Loops" cereal not containing fruit.. etc. etc.
I've noticed a lot lately, especially the last year or so, more, open and empty containers of food in our markets.