Here's what someone who claims to be an attorney said about the Macgregor
warnings:

"Jeff, have you had many dealings with corporate attorneys? Or tort lawyers? If
you had, you would recognize that these warnings, if taken literally, are
something like the warnings posted in our health center warning us to be sure to
wear our seat belt when using the Nautilus weight training equipment. Or, like
the long list of warnings you get when you purchase any electrical appliance,
audio equipment, etc. "

Are you claiming that lawyer was full of ****?

Actually, while I think the skipper should go to jail for Boating While
Intoxicated, the family of the children might have a rather good case. The boat
was not going fast, the conditions were calm, and while the boat might have been
overloaded according to the warnings, most people probably wouldn't think 8
adults on deck is too much for a 26 foot sailboat. I'll bet hundreds of people
saw them that night and probably no one commented that it looks dangerously
overloaded. OTOH, I've frequently seen smaller boats that appeared overloaded,
but I've almost never seem them spontaneously rollover.


"Jim Cate" wrote in message
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Jonathan Ganz wrote:

Not much of an attorney are you... possibly you should look at the
facts of the case before you comment on the woman and her coffee.


The facts were that she held a hot cup of coffee between her legs when
she was driving. - Do you think she should recover from MacDonald under
those circumstances because she claimed that MacDonalds coffee was too hot?

Similarly, the skipper on the Mac that capsized was drunk, and ignored a
number of MacGregor safety warnings and load limits. - Do you think his
family should revover damages in those circumstances?

Jim