Danger: Avoid Death

Post by **Josephine** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 2:09 pm

DETROIT (AP) -- Words to live by, from a warning label on a small tractor: "Danger: Avoid Death." That warning was selected Wednesday as the winner of the 11th annual "Wacky Warning Label Contest," sponsored by Michigan Lawsuit Abuse Watch. The contest is part of an effort to show the effects of lawsuits on warning labels.

Kevin Soave of Farmington Hills, a Detroit suburb, won the $500 grand prize for submitting the tractor's "Danger: Avoid Death" label.

The $250 second place was given to Carrianne, Jacob and Robby Turin of Greensburg, Pa., for a label they found on an iron-on T-shirt transfer that warns: "Do not iron while wearing shirt."

Richard Goodnow of Lancaster, Mass., earned the $100 third-place prize 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 says 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 in a statement Wednesday.

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

Ann Marie Young of Fillmore, N.Y., 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 WOMC-FM's Dick Purtan show chose the winners.

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Post by **Saxman** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 4:04 pm

I love our 5 foot ladder which if you followed the warning labels gets you no higher off the ground than a chair.

Post by **anticlmber** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 5:49 pm

i'm a fan of the large rubbermaid boxes with a sticker that shows you not to put the baby in the box.

Post by **ynot** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 9:52 pm

why would you even buy a 5 foot ladder? what's the point? a 5th grader can reach that high.

Post by KD » Thu Dec 13, 2007 10:24 pm

he needed it for climbing

Post by **Alan Evil** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 11:16 pm

There's a warning label on hammers: Do not hit thumb.

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Post by **Saxman** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 12:18 am

We's is poor and they charge by the fut, so Is figured I only needed 5 since our ceilings are only 8.

Post by **Alan Evil** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 7:24 pm

I used to have a 5 foot ladder. I wonder what happened to that thing? Used to use that and the little two step ladder all the time when painting interiors.

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