‘Avoid Death’ is named wackiest label
A warning on a small tractor that reads “Danger: Avoid Death” has been chosen as the nation’s wackiest warning label by an anti-lawsuit group.The Wacky Warning Label Contest, now in its 11th year, is conducted by Novi [in Michigan] -based Michigan Lawsuit Abuse Watch as part of an effort to show the effects of lawsuits on warning labels.Kevin Soave of Farmington Hills [in Michigan], a Detroit [also in Michigan!], won the $500 grand prize for submitting the winning label.The $250 second place was given to Carrianne, Jacob and Robby Turin of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, for a label they found on an iron on T-shirt transfer that warns: “Do not iron while wearing shirt.”Richard Goodnow of Lancaster, Massachusetts, earned the $100 third-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 sill 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 user has ignored common sense,” Dorigo Jones said.
Those who oppose the contest say that while some warning labels may seem silly, even dumb warning can do good. They have a warning of their own: Don’t be so quick to laugh at labels that help save lives.
Honorable mention went to Cyndi LaMonde of Traverse City [also in Michigan!] for a label on a letter opener that says: “Caution: Safety goggles recommended.” [Editor’s note (me!): Meaning, if you don’t get it, that sometimes a letter opener, while your opening the letter, it might slip up and poke your eye!]
Ann Marie Young of Fillmore, New York, 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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