Wacky Warning Labels
April 30, 2009
As long as we have a system that permits so many frivolous lawsuits, expect to see silly warning labels like the first-prize winner of the Foundation for Fair Civil Justice’s 12th annual “wacky warning label” contest.
It reads: “Not for use on moving vehicles”—from a portable toilet seat for outdoorsmen that attaches to a trailer hitch.
Other warning labels from this contest, managed by the esteemed Bob Dorigo Jones, include:
“‘Always use this product with adult supervision,’ on a cereal bowl. A baby stroller with this warning, ‘remove child before folding.’ And this one, ‘For animal use only.’ It is from a bag of livestock castration rings.”
While we laugh at the absurdity of these warning labels, the dangerous reality is that they only exist because our legal system has become completely susceptible to frivolous lawsuits over any imaginable misuse of a product.
Posted by Dan Pero in the categories: Lawsuit Abuse
One Response to “Wacky Warning Labels”
http://www.attorneybutler.net/2009/05/american-courthouseanalysis-arent-us.html
Wacky indeed.