I found out last night that my uncle won a $1.5 mil (+) lawsuit.

[HomeBrewerDude]

Flammable Fabrics Act

you can google it yourself.

 

[sxr7171]

Originally posted by: tec699
My aunt was killed a few years ago when her shirt caught on fire. She was in front of her stove and the grease from the frying pan shot up, caught her shirt and in-turn she got severe 3rd degree burns. She passed away a few days later at the local hospital.

My uncle sued the shirt manufacture because the label didn't state that the shirt wasn't flame resistant. There was NOTHING! The shirt manufacture must have been in deep sh*t because the case was settled out of court. After the lawyer fees my uncle walked away with over 1.5 million (+). My mom told me that I'm in his will when he passes away.

So should someone be awarded such a high amount or was the shirt manufacture at fault? If it happened to someone that you loved, would you do the same as my uncle?

I hate frivolous lawsuits but a shirt catching on fire like that is just plain wrong. What's different about that and dousing yourself in gasoline? However if it was a 100% cotton shirt, then I would say it was a frivolous lawsuit.

 

[Robor]

How did grease catch a shirt on fire? I could see grease hitting the burner or flame and igniting the pan then igniting the shirt but not grease > shirt > fire.

 

[bluestrobe]

Originally posted by: tec699


Now if the shirt was labeled correctly would my aunt have put on a flame resistant shirt before she stood in front of the stove? I doubt it? Who reads shirt labels anyway, but that isn't the point.

Actually this is the point. Your aunt didn't know the tools she was using before performing her job/duty. Bottom line you got money over her ignorance and the money will feed further ignorance in the future. A lawsuit suing for corrective action rather than whiny money would have been in order if anything. Giving someone $1.5 mil because of a tragedy just feeds the worthless at the cost of companies. Thank you for raised prices and 50+ warning labels on everything I buy. Now if you were to donate that money to a charitable organization, then it would be a different type of ending, but that fact you already chaffed your penis over greed tells me that isn't even a thought.

 

[Erssa]

Haha, go America!

 

[MustangSVT]

Originally posted by: sonambulo
hell yes. i dont own any stupid shirt companies and i'm not planning to either.

stupid bitches like you make me sick..

yeah sue the shirt company for her stupidity.. or accident..

but then again this is american where the dream is to sue someone and be rich..

 

[MustangSVT]

Originally posted by: tec699

Originally posted by: AgaBoogaBoo
*sigh*

people just need an excuse to sue in this country

Hmm...

I agree that frivolous lawsuits are bad but the shirt manufacture was at fault for not correctly labeling their shirts. If the shirt that an individual wears can easily catch on fire then that shirt should be labeled as such. By not labeling a shirt correctly they put their customers at risk.

Now if the shirt was labeled correctly would my aunt have put on a flame resistant shirt before she stood in front of the stove? I doubt it? Who reads shirt labels anyway, but that isn't the point. It's the company that bears full responsibility because they chose to not follow the law and to protect their customers.

OMG stfu jackass..

 

[Sphexi]

Wow, hot grease can catch on fire? I had no idea.


I wouldn't have sued the clothing company, there's no point in that. Is it their fault that grease is extremely combustable when heated? Sue the grease company, or the stove company, or the people who made the pan. I'm sure you could find some way to blame that on anybody.


On a slight side-note, I need to borrow about $5K or so. Help a brother out?

 

[Nebor]

Oh my god, things are flammable? Get out.

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: tec699

Originally posted by: AgaBoogaBoo
*sigh*

people just need an excuse to sue in this country

Hmm...

I agree that frivolous lawsuits are bad but the shirt manufacture was at fault for not correctly labeling their shirts. If the shirt that an individual wears can easily catch on fire then that shirt should be labeled as such. By not labeling a shirt correctly they put their customers at risk.

Now if the shirt was labeled correctly would my aunt have put on a flame resistant shirt before she stood in front of the stove? I doubt it? Who reads shirt labels anyway, but that isn't the point. It's the company that bears full responsibility because they chose to not follow the law and to protect their customers.

*checks tag*
Nope. Doesn't say it's not bear proof. Time to go pull some tail.

:roll:

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: Tiamat
Was she using cooking wine? If so, maybe the cooking wine got on her shirt thus making it flame prone. I dont see how this is the fault of the Shirt company. Seems like an ignorance thing, but thats just my opinion. I was not there, I do not know anything about the situation.

If i were in your unkle's shoes, I would probably not have sued since I would have viewed this as a tragic accident. Unless I had proof that there was no way that the loved one had any fault or ignorance.

Wine won't burn. Try it.

*disclaimer* DO NOT try it. Wine may catch fire.

It won't really though. Even rum won't catch fire.

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: alien42
i did a science project in middle school (a long time ago) on the flamability of different fabrics. it is not difficult for clothing manufacturers to make clothes that are less flammable and do not burst into flames. more power to the uncle in this case.

a similar example would be self extinguishing cigarettes. some states have laws that require the cigarette manufacturers to make them for import to their state. otherwise they dont make the self extinguishing smokes even though there is no noticable difference between the two and manufacturing costs are the same.

Screw that. I don't want the flame retardant chemicals your stupid ass requires to stay alive being sprayed all over everything I go to buy.

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: Wallydraigle
I'm with Yossarian. The grease obviously wasn't spatter resistant, I'd have went for them first.

Shoulda sued the aunt's mom for not birthing her flame proof (or smarter...).

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: silverpig

Originally posted by: Tiamat
Was she using cooking wine? If so, maybe the cooking wine got on her shirt thus making it flame prone. I dont see how this is the fault of the Shirt company. Seems like an ignorance thing, but thats just my opinion. I was not there, I do not know anything about the situation.

If i were in your unkle's shoes, I would probably not have sued since I would have viewed this as a tragic accident. Unless I had proof that there was no way that the loved one had any fault or ignorance.

Wine won't burn. Try it.

*disclaimer* DO NOT try it. Wine may catch fire.

It won't really though. Even rum won't catch fire.

There's a difference between trying to light rum/wine on fire, and heating rum/wine, and then exposing it to a flame.

What I do know is that if you heat something with alcohol in it, it will catch on fire if exposed to a flame.

It's a highly unlikely situation (but hey, so is going up in flames while cooking), but possibly the wine was heated enough so that it caused the wine to catch, and made the ladies shirt catch fire.

This can be illustrated by putting some rum in a spoon, heating the spoon, and then attempting to light the rum on fire.

 

[Saint Nick]

sounds like a candidate for the award for the dumbest lawsuit this year. you know.. the ones named after that chik who burned herself w/ hott coffee.