Helmets and shoulder pads with warning labels???

[Guiness]

It wouldn't be unprecedented. As part of a paternity suit, Travis Henry had to get a warning label tattooed on his johnson.

I had to have one of those warnings, but it was more a warning about imminent disappointment. Not something I'm proud about, but my lawyers thought it was for the best.

Hence Noodle...short for Wet Noodle?

You also gotta ask when that tattoo was put on - and wonder if you don't get one of those unintended Mad Magazine effects, where you fold it up and see a different picture...

Does anyonbody remember the old joke about two guys standing at the urinal, both with tatoos, but all you can see is a "W" and a "Y". One guy says he's got his wife's name, "Wendy" tatooed, and the other guy has "Welcome to Jamaica, have a nice day"?

[Noodle]

Hence Noodle...short for Wet Noodle?

I've tried to persuade 'em that the proper term for it is "al dente," but luck, not so much.

And I do remember the joke, with only a slight variation as follows: "Welcome to Jamica, Mon, Have a Nice Day."

[ND72]

I'm sueing the school district I work for...I wasn't warned kids can be dicks.

[SMACKTALKIE]

I'm sueing the school district I work for...I wasn't warned kids can be dicks.

Maybe one of those kids will kill you and we can create posts about how stupid your family is to sue the school district.

[AV David]

"That goes a bit far I think, but courts have shown a willingness the put warning responsibilities on manufacturers for a lot of silly stuff, and I won't be surprised if she wins against Riddell."



That was then, but this is now. This product liability cases are really hard to even get to a jury now. I read part of the expert witnbess report submitted to the court. It goes like this:
" I tested 100 football players every 20 minutes as they practiced in the summer heat. First I did it in shorts and T shirts and then I did the same tests when they were in pads. Their body temperature was higher when they worked out in pads. Therefore, I conclude that working out in pads makes you hotter. Therefore Riddell's equipment was unreasonably dangerous in the absence of a warning.

The standard for a product liability claim is the product is unreasonably dangerous as used by the plaintiff. Assumption of a known risk is a defense. Contributory negligence by the plaintiff is also a defense.

Assuming that pads and jerseys are "unreasonably dangerous", football players know they get hotter in pads than in shorts and Ts. I am sorry Korey Stringer is dead, but it ain't Riddell's fault.

[Patler]

I'm sueing the school district I work for...I wasn't warned kids can be dicks.

Maybe one of those kids will kill you and we can create posts about how stupid your family is to sue the school district.

You seem to be missing the point of my thread.
I have no problem with her suits against the league, the team, the doctors, the hospital, etc. alleging lack of appropriate care for her husband. As I wrote earlier, I would have no problem bringing a case against Riddell if it was based on a poor design of the helmet for heat venting purposes. But, in my opinion, an action based on the lack of a warning label is not well-founded because even if a warning label had been provided, it would not have made a difference.

[Rastak]

I'm sueing the school district I work for...I wasn't warned kids can be dicks.

Maybe one of those kids will kill you and we can create posts about how stupid your family is to sue the school district.

You seem to be missing the point of my thread.
I have no problem with her suits against the league, the team, the doctors, the hospital, etc. alleging lack of appropriate care for her husband. As I wrote earlier, I would have no problem bringing a case against Riddell if it was based on a poor design of the helmet for heat venting purposes. But, in my opinion, an action based on the lack of a warning label is not well-founded because even if a warning label had been provided, it would not have made a difference.

I'm with Patler on this one. Would a warning label have prompted the guy to refuse to wear a helmet?

Here's a big guy, struggling to get through practice, on a day when I told my buddy at work (I am not making this up), I feel sorry for the Vikings down there in Mankato if it's like up here. It felt like 110 out with the humidity. The guy was puking and refused to quit practicing.

He collapsed after practice and it killed him.

No warning label will ever help that I can see. About the only concrete thing is having independent league appointed doctors with authority pulling some or all players off the field when conditions demand it. Same with allowing injured players back in games.

A guy dying and guys brains getting turned to mush is no laughing matter.