Comments on: Warning Sign Liability http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2005/06/warning_sign_li.html Dispatches from a Small Business Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:39:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Highway http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2005/06/warning_sign_li.html/comment-page-1#comment-1385 Highway Tue, 21 Jun 2005 20:37:13 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2005/06/warning_sign_li.html#comment-1385 <p>I think it's entirely the prospect of some lawyers using the law - their knowledge of it, ability to influence decision makers, and the general impenetrability of the law by ordinary citizens - to enrich themselves. I think common sense is fine, until someone involves a lawyer. Then a whole pandora's box of trouble is opened. And the willingness of the general public to put their own greed before their responsibility as citizens (to not be dumbasses who feed off everyone else) only helps those lawyers who essentially prey on people who are just trying to do their best.<br /> </p> I think it’s entirely the prospect of some lawyers using the law – their knowledge of it, ability to influence decision makers, and the general impenetrability of the law by ordinary citizens – to enrich themselves. I think common sense is fine, until someone involves a lawyer. Then a whole pandora’s box of trouble is opened. And the willingness of the general public to put their own greed before their responsibility as citizens (to not be dumbasses who feed off everyone else) only helps those lawyers who essentially prey on people who are just trying to do their best.

]]> By: Scott http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2005/06/warning_sign_li.html/comment-page-1#comment-1384 Scott Tue, 21 Jun 2005 11:00:41 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2005/06/warning_sign_li.html#comment-1384 <p>Thank the lawyers.</p> Thank the lawyers.

]]> By: Mark Horn http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2005/06/warning_sign_li.html/comment-page-1#comment-1383 Mark Horn Tue, 21 Jun 2005 01:14:33 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2005/06/warning_sign_li.html#comment-1383 <p>I don't think it's the death of common sense. I think the requirement that you put a warning sign up for absolutely everything was the death of common sense. Personally, I think that it's ironic that in our overly litigious society, that the purpose of the warning sign in the first place was to prevent liability from failure to warn. Now, we've taken that a step further and failure to warn is back to being a good thing.</p> <p>I look forward to the day when I don't need to look at an incessant number of stupid warnings just so that some lawyer can feel good about being employed. And so that our society can act even more like nannied children. To wit:</p> <p>http://www.google.com/search?q=stupid%20warnings</p> <p>$.02</p> I don’t think it’s the death of common sense. I think the requirement that you put a warning sign up for absolutely everything was the death of common sense. Personally, I think that it’s ironic that in our overly litigious society, that the purpose of the warning sign in the first place was to prevent liability from failure to warn. Now, we’ve taken that a step further and failure to warn is back to being a good thing.

I look forward to the day when I don’t need to look at an incessant number of stupid warnings just so that some lawyer can feel good about being employed. And so that our society can act even more like nannied children. To wit:

http://www.google.com/search?q=stupid%20warnings

$.02

]]> By: MaxedOutMama http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2005/06/warning_sign_li.html/comment-page-1#comment-1382 MaxedOutMama Sun, 19 Jun 2005 12:29:27 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2005/06/warning_sign_li.html#comment-1382 <p>It is the death of common sense.</p> It is the death of common sense.

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