nikki2200 4 Posted October 23, 2011 Have another drink. I'm completely sober and have been for 200 days. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Strike 5,233 Posted October 23, 2011 Tell us how innocent OJ was while you're at it. Civilly he lost. Criminally the prosecution was inept. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IGotWorms 4,057 Posted October 23, 2011 Gettnhuge is willfully ignorant. I'm done with this thread. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Saint Elistan 106 Posted October 23, 2011 it will get appealed and go away. jurys do not belong in the civil sytem +1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GettnHuge 2 Posted October 23, 2011 Gettnhuge is willfully ignorant. I'm done with this thread. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gocolts 300 Posted October 23, 2011 Gettnhuge is willfully ignorant. I'm done with this thread. So what does that make everyone he owned throughout this thread??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GettnHuge 2 Posted October 24, 2011 So what does that make everyone he owned throughout this thread??? I'm having second thoughts, gocolts. I'm just not sure who to go with. Is it the random jury of dullards who sleazeball lawyers pick in hopes of convincing them that their story is legit. Or is it Consumer Reports, people who actually do this for a living. I just can't for the life of me figure out who would be more informed on product testing. :rolleyes: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike Honcho 5,124 Posted October 24, 2011 So what does that make everyone he owned throughout this thread??? Well that post shoots you to the top of "Funniest Poster Here who isn't trying to be funny (or maybe they are) " list Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gocolts 300 Posted October 24, 2011 Well that post shoots you to the top of "Funniest Poster Here who isn't trying to be funny (or maybe they are) " list :pointstosky: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GettnHuge 2 Posted October 25, 2011 :pointstosky: GC, I thought you were on my side on this one. Did you think we wouldn't find out about your 12.3million? The Wham-O toy company, famous for its Frisbee, Super Ball, Hula Hoop and Slip 'N Slide, isn't laughing at the new David Spade comedy "Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star." On Monday, the firm filed a lawsuit against Paramount Pictures and Happy Madison Productions over a scene in last weekend's No. 1 movie that shows Spade skidding to a painful halt on the backyard water toy, the Associated Press reports. In the movie, Spade lands belly first on the yellow plastic sheet without first inflating it with air and attaching it to a water hose to glide his journey. On another try, he bastes the slide with oil and crashes into a fence. Wham-O, charging that the filmmakers violated its trademark by using the product without permission, has requested that the court remove the film from theaters so long as it contains the scene -- which has been widely used in TV commercials for the film. Monday's lawsuit cites one legal action brought by a Wisconsin adult who became paralyzed after diving onto the slide while intoxicated. The legal papers go on to state that the plaintiff ended up being awarded $12.3 million in damages. At the very least, Wham-O wants a disclaimer added to the film, urging viewers not to emulate Spade's actions. The privately owned, Emeryville, Calif.-based toy company also claims the scene violates the product's safety guidelines, which limit the use of Slip 'N Slide to children between the ages of 5 and 12 who weigh less than 110 lbs. and stand under 5 ft. tall. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nikki2200 4 Posted October 25, 2011 GC, I thought you were on my side on this one. Did you think we wouldn't find out about your 12.3million? The Wham-O toy company, famous for its Frisbee, Super Ball, Hula Hoop and Slip 'N Slide, isn't laughing at the new David Spade comedy "Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star." On Monday, the firm filed a lawsuit against Paramount Pictures and Happy Madison Productions over a scene in last weekend's No. 1 movie that shows Spade skidding to a painful halt on the backyard water toy, the Associated Press reports. In the movie, Spade lands belly first on the yellow plastic sheet without first inflating it with air and attaching it to a water hose to glide his journey. On another try, he bastes the slide with oil and crashes into a fence. Wham-O, charging that the filmmakers violated its trademark by using the product without permission, has requested that the court remove the film from theaters so long as it contains the scene -- which has been widely used in TV commercials for the film. Monday's lawsuit cites one legal action brought by a Wisconsin adult who became paralyzed after diving onto the slide while intoxicated. The legal papers go on to state that the plaintiff ended up being awarded $12.3 million in damages. At the very least, Wham-O wants a disclaimer added to the film, urging viewers not to emulate Spade's actions. The privately owned, Emeryville, Calif.-based toy company also claims the scene violates the product's safety guidelines, which limit the use of Slip 'N Slide to children between the ages of 5 and 12 who weigh less than 110 lbs. and stand under 5 ft. tall. I'm sure it violated some safety regulations and that's why the dude hurt himself. But this is how the vicious cycle works. Mouth breather does something dumb and hurts themselves. Then they sue any company who may have provided any product to the dumbass in the process of hurting himself. Becomes a multi-millionaire. Then company that had to pay millions of dollars to said dumbass tries to sue some other company because it was clearly their fault. Rinse, repeat. So glad this is all going on to make sure we are all safer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gocolts 300 Posted October 25, 2011 GC, I thought you were on my side on this one. Did you think we wouldn't find out about your 12.3million? The Wham-O toy company, famous for its Frisbee, Super Ball, Hula Hoop and Slip 'N Slide, isn't laughing at the new David Spade comedy "Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star." On Monday, the firm filed a lawsuit against Paramount Pictures and Happy Madison Productions over a scene in last weekend's No. 1 movie that shows Spade skidding to a painful halt on the backyard water toy, the Associated Press reports. In the movie, Spade lands belly first on the yellow plastic sheet without first inflating it with air and attaching it to a water hose to glide his journey. On another try, he bastes the slide with oil and crashes into a fence. Wham-O, charging that the filmmakers violated its trademark by using the product without permission, has requested that the court remove the film from theaters so long as it contains the scene -- which has been widely used in TV commercials for the film. Monday's lawsuit cites one legal action brought by a Wisconsin adult who became paralyzed after diving onto the slide while intoxicated. The legal papers go on to state that the plaintiff ended up being awarded $12.3 million in damages. At the very least, Wham-O wants a disclaimer added to the film, urging viewers not to emulate Spade's actions. The privately owned, Emeryville, Calif.-based toy company also claims the scene violates the product's safety guidelines, which limit the use of Slip 'N Slide to children between the ages of 5 and 12 who weigh less than 110 lbs. and stand under 5 ft. tall. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
parrot 789 Posted September 25, 2013 Court upholds $20.6-million verdict against Toys R Us for selling deadly pool slide. http://www.universalhub.com/2013/court-upholds-206-million-verdict-against-toys-r-u The reprehensibility comes because while Toys R Us had an outside company test the product, that company never checked to see which laws might apply to pool slides - and it turned out the maximum allowed weight of the slide was under a federal minimum - and that Toys R Us had only one employee to check the roughly 4,000 such certifications it received every single month, the court said. There was no indication that Toys R Us or the vendor in China requested that the slide be tested, or that the slide was tested, for compliance with 16 C.F.R. § 1207 (1978) (§ 1207), a Federal safety standard applicable to all swimming pool slides "regardless of the materials of manufacture or structural characteristics of the slides." The regulation requires that all pool slides be capable of supporting three hundred fifty pounds, and that they be tested for head-first sliding. 16 C.F.R. § 1207.5(f)(9)(i), (5)(ii) (1978). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Saint Elistan 106 Posted September 26, 2013 Gotta love the system. Making Millionaires out of wastes of life daily. Guess I'm just jealous that it wasn't my significant other. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
