Everyone loves M-LAW‘s annual Wacky Warning awards (2005, 2004, and links therein), and this year’s winners in the ninth edition of the contest are no exception. Bobcat-urine users are informed that it’s not for human consumption; “Never try to catch a falling knife”; and don’t try to use a 1000-degree paint-removing heat-gun as a hair dryer are among other winners.
“Ovenware will get hot when used in oven” and other wacky warnings
Everyone loves M-LAW‘s annual Wacky Warning awards (2005, 2004, and links therein), and this year’s winners in the ninth edition of the contest are no exception. Bobcat-urine users are informed that it’s not for human consumption; “Never try to catch a falling knife”; and don’t try to use a 1000-degree paint-removing heat-gun as a hair […]
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Product Warnings (from Overlawyered)
When I teach the introductory finance class, I teach my students that limited liability is one of the reasons corporations comprise most of the really large firms (rather than sole proprietorships or partnerships). To show the downside of not having …
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Never try to catch a falling knife
The Michigan Lawsuit Abuse Watch has published the winners of the annual Wacky Warning Labels. A heat gun’s warning saying ‘Do not use this tool as a hair dryer‘ has been awarded as the nation’s wackiest warning label. 2nd price goe…
[…] familiar Wacky Warning Labels made famous by Bob Dorigo Jones of Michigan Lawsuit Abuse Watch in an annual contest and book. It helps track down information, for example, regarding the origin of the warnings not to […]