Comments on: Claim: furniture makers responsible for firefighters’ anguish

By: R

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:28:33 +0000

So they consider the property owner liable if the site has flammable materials on location?

Do follow up on this. I hope it’s dismissed as frivilous.

By: Legal follies … « Sapphire Sky

Legal follies … « Sapphire Sky — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:17:16 +0000

[...] Depressed firefighters sue furniture manufacturers because their products burned too quickly when funiture store burned down, here. [...]

By: robert

robert — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:19:08 +0000

This just seems very odd to me.

I can understand if there was something extremely unusual, like they had booby traps that caused injury, or what purported to be a furniture store actually housed fireworks. But it seems like an awful slippery slope to start leading down….

By: Bob Neal

Bob Neal — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:46:38 +0000

I was a 911 operator long before law school. Every call was a potential tort. I really missed out! What a joke.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:25:11 +0000

See earlier from Overlawyered on a tragic Kentucky fire, which spawned a lawsuit against Philip Morris and a chair manufacturer for failing to develop flameproof cigarettes and upholstery:

http://overlawyered.com/2009/03/our-entire-world-is-a-potentially-dangerous-place-in-which-to-live/

The key quote from the opinion:

No court has found that there is a duty to make our world fool-proof or risk free.

While I admire the sentiment, I’m not so sure that’s true.

By: Doug

Doug — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:36:45 +0000

Good, good. Now my plan for concrete furniture will make me rich beyond avarice.

By: Heather

Heather — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:17:56 +0000

Been following this one for awhile, as my best friend was on the scene as a volunteer. Can she sue these nitwits for the depression and nausea/vomiting she experiences every time she reads about them trying to cash in on the deaths of their co-workers?