NYCkayaker Danger

[Richard Clifford]

NYCKayaker:
    I can resist these things, but this one seems to be appropriate to 
the discussion and outraged sensibilities regarding our dead kite surfer 
and the widow's lawsuit.It may help folks when deciding about signs and 
fences and locks and such things. 
    
    Consider this:

*"Danger: Avoid Death"*

New York Lawyer <http://www.nylawyer.com>
December 12, 2007

By Ron Vample
The Associated Press

DETROIT -- A warning on a small tractor that reads "Danger: Avoid Death" 
has been chosen as the United States' wackiest warning label by an 
anti-lawsuit group.

The Wacky Warning Label Contest, now in its 11th year, is conducted by 
Michigan Lawsuit Abuse Watch as part of an effort to show the effects of 
lawsuits on product warning labels.

Kevin Soave won the $500 (euro340) grand prize for submitting the 
winning label.

Second place went for a label on an iron-on T-shirt transfer that warns: 
"Do not iron while wearing shirt."

Third prize went for a label on a baby stroller featuring a small 
storage pouch that warns: "Do not put child in bag."

Contest organizer Bob Dorigo Jones said the silly labels reflect how 
broken America's civil justice system is.

"Predatory lawyers know they can file ridiculous lawsuits against 
innocent product makers and blackmail them into a cash settlement ? even 
in cases in which a user has ignored common sense," Dorigo Jones said.

Those who oppose the contest said that while some warning labels may 
seem silly, even dumb warnings can save lives.

Honorable mention went to Cyndi LaMonde of Traverse City, Michigan, for 
a label on a letter opener that says: "Caution: Safety goggles 
recommended."

New York state resident Ann Marie Young took the second honorable 
mention for a warning she found which cautions users: "The Vanishing 
Fabric Marker should not be used as a writing instrument for signing 
checks or any legal documents."

The group selected a list of finalists and listeners of radio station 
WOMC-FM's Dick Purtan show chose the winners.






*-- 

Richard C. Clifford, Esq.
Attorney at Law*
1890 Palmer Avenue, Suite 302
Larchmont, NY 10538

Tel: (914) 834-0100 -or- 0757
Cell: (917) 854-5824
Fax: (914) 834-0888

RichardClifford at earthlink.net 
RichardClifford at NYSBar.com