Product Liability Claims Lead to Ridiculous (and hysterically funny) Warning Labels

I was going to write a post about the most common types of product liability claims and a serious article about how manufacturers can be held liable when they are negligent or reckless in the design of their products.  Another major basis for product liability lawsuits is the “failure to warn” about the dangers of using a product.  Warning labels are intended to give consumers the information they need to use a product safely, such as warnings about allergens and appropriate uses for a product.  I’m not sure if manufacturers are trying to avoid liability or just making fun of lawyers with some of these hysterically funny warning labels, probably a combination of both.  Here in the United States, we are quite famous for taking action against companies for unsafe products.  In other parts of the World, they make fun of us for it, and our ridiculous “warning labels” that state the obvious, and often the ridiculous.  Reader’s Digest published,  21 Stupid Warning Labels That Will Make You Feel Like a Geniusthese are some of my favorites:

The warning label on a thermometer:

 

 

 

 

The Warning label on a takeout coffee cup:

 

 

 

 

The warning label on a bottle of dog medication:

 

 

 

 

The warning label on a brass fishing hook:

 

 

 

 

Forbes has some great ones, too:

Label: May cause drowsiness.

Label: May cause drowsiness.

Label: Do not drive with sun shield in place.© David Burton/Alamy

Label: Do not drive with sun shield in place.

Label: Avoid death.

Label: Avoid death.

Label: Ask a doctor before use if you have difficulty urinating due to an enlarged prostate.

Label: Ask a doctor before use if you have difficulty urinating due to an enlarged prostate.

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2018-08-26T19:47:34+00:00By |0 Comments

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Alyce Wittenstein is a world class attorney, blogger and filmmaker. She began working at the firm in 1985 as a managing paralegal, learning all the practices and procedures of the firm from Mr. Wittenstein and the staff. From 1995-1998, she attended CUNY Law School where she made a mark as a teaching assistant for Civil Rights leader Haywood Burns. She founded a Human Rights Delegation to Haiti and studied Constitutional Law with Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Working at the Equal Opportunity Employment Commision (EEOC), she learned a great deal about Employment Discrimination matters. She brought her knowledge of the Personal Injury practice and her passion for Civil Rights to the firm when she was admitted to the Bar in 1999. In 2000, she became a partner and the firm name was changed to Wittenstein & Wittenstein, Esqs. PC.

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