Warning: The Perils of Products Liability
Features • June 21, 2004
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Subject: RE: RE: Product Liability
Posted On: July 19, 2004, 6:58 pm CDT
Posted By: Matt
Comment:
Mike:
I think you totally missed the point I was making in my previous comment. NO ONE WANTS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR DECISIONS, ACTIONS OR INACTIONS. We live in a disposable society and it has proliferated to the point that values, reputation, goodwill and especially character have such diminished value that it is OK to throw them away as well.
Secondly where do you get off judging whether it is morally acceptable or not to use to law to quote you - "unjustly" enrich one's self? Why are you asserting that the Trial Lawyer is unjust in bringing certain cases to trial? Didn't a defective product or an accident have to occur to someone before there is even a case? Trial Lawyers are NOT making up the injuries and they aren't creating the unsafe products or staging the accidents. Where is the product control and testing? Where is the safety conscienceousness of the manufacturer or distributor? With all of the advancements in technology and science today they couldn't figure out that the products they make or sell or install could be made better or safer? I guess you think it is "morally" acceptable for others to profit at the expense of their employees or I guess in your opinion "Justly" enriched by selling a product that can be toxic or harmful or defective when they could have made it better? But by the time it becomes a problem they could just file for bankruptcy and go away and start over - just throw away that company with the problems and start over again - right?
If you are going to preach about morals and getting rich then why do you and so many others START WITH TRIAL LAWYERS and the CIVIL TORT ACTIONS? WHY DOES EVERYONE FAIL TO RECOGNIZE THAT IT IS TOO LATE AT THAT POINT! We are a society destined for destruction in the name of greed and enrichment. How can you not see that the problems really start with people that do not care about their character, values and goodwill - but care about cornering market share and greed. These same people knowingly break the laws and create unsafe conditions. In such an advanced age where we can produce just about anything - from molecular sized computer chips to laser scanning technology for examining the air or sea worthiness of planes and ships - how is it that companies are still allowed to get away with making a defective or unsafe product or cause both employees and consumers to be exposed to a known toxic condition that is in violation of federal or state laws? I hope that you don't believe that these corporations unknowingly created unsafe products or conditions and that they couldn't have done anything differently before the product went to market?
I'm not for bigger government - BUT since certain agencies currently exist and are charged with providing certain regulation and standards - where is the US Consumer Product Safety Comission, the Food & Drug Administration or the Environmental Protection Agency when we have to deal with e. coli, mad cow disease, toxic playground equipment (which manufacturers are still allowed to produce), toxic air in lower manhattan after 9/11, Dupont's toxic chemical in teflon and scotchguard? This country makes laws but no one enforces them or regulates their compliance. I find it humorous that we live with sort of an honor system when it comes to these regulations but many companies are dishonorable and sometimes the only means for punishment of this dishonor is the civil tort system!
Subject: RE: RE: Product Liability
I think you totally missed the point I was making in my previous comment. NO ONE WANTS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR DECISIONS, ACTIONS OR INACTIONS. We live in a disposable society and it has proliferated to the point that values, reputation, goodwill and especially character have such diminished value that it is OK to throw them away as well.
Secondly where do you get off judging whether it is morally acceptable or not to use to law to quote you - "unjustly" enrich one's self? Why are you asserting that the Trial Lawyer is unjust in bringing certain cases to trial? Didn't a defective product or an accident have to occur to someone before there is even a case? Trial Lawyers are NOT making up the injuries and they aren't creating the unsafe products or staging the accidents. Where is the product control and testing? Where is the safety conscienceousness of the manufacturer or distributor? With all of the advancements in technology and science today they couldn't figure out that the products they make or sell or install could be made better or safer? I guess you think it is "morally" acceptable for others to profit at the expense of their employees or I guess in your opinion "Justly" enriched by selling a product that can be toxic or harmful or defective when they could have made it better? But by the time it becomes a problem they could just file for bankruptcy and go away and start over - just throw away that company with the problems and start over again - right?
If you are going to preach about morals and getting rich then why do you and so many others START WITH TRIAL LAWYERS and the CIVIL TORT ACTIONS? WHY DOES EVERYONE FAIL TO RECOGNIZE THAT IT IS TOO LATE AT THAT POINT! We are a society destined for destruction in the name of greed and enrichment. How can you not see that the problems really start with people that do not care about their character, values and goodwill - but care about cornering market share and greed. These same people knowingly break the laws and create unsafe conditions. In such an advanced age where we can produce just about anything - from molecular sized computer chips to laser scanning technology for examining the air or sea worthiness of planes and ships - how is it that companies are still allowed to get away with making a defective or unsafe product or cause both employees and consumers to be exposed to a known toxic condition that is in violation of federal or state laws? I hope that you don't believe that these corporations unknowingly created unsafe products or conditions and that they couldn't have done anything differently before the product went to market?
I'm not for bigger government - BUT since certain agencies currently exist and are charged with providing certain regulation and standards - where is the US Consumer Product Safety Comission, the Food & Drug Administration or the Environmental Protection Agency when we have to deal with e. coli, mad cow disease, toxic playground equipment (which manufacturers are still allowed to produce), toxic air in lower manhattan after 9/11, Dupont's toxic chemical in teflon and scotchguard? This country makes laws but no one enforces them or regulates their compliance. I find it humorous that we live with sort of an honor system when it comes to these regulations but many companies are dishonorable and sometimes the only means for punishment of this dishonor is the civil tort system!