You remember that lady that won, like, a billion dollars suing McDonald’s because she spilled hot coffee on herself? It appears that idiocy is the path to riches in America these days. Witness the latest attempt.
An owner of Apple Computer Inc.’s iPod music player filed a federal lawsuit against the computer maker, claiming the device causes hearing loss in people who use it.
The portable music players are “inherently defective in design and are not sufficiently adorned with adequate warnings regarding the likelihood of hearing loss,” according to the complaint, which seeks class action status. The suit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in San Jose seeks compensation for plaintiffs’ hearing loss and upgrades that will make the iPods safer.
Sometimes I wish I were a judge just so I could hear cases like this on occasion in between the real cases. That way I could just laugh and laugh before slamming the gavel down and fining the plaintiff for abusing the court system and forcing him to pay all legal fees involved in fighting the complaint.
Amen!
There’s a Seinfeldian potential here. Jackie should request that the plaintiff actually insert the ear buds. The buds are so damn big — at least the original ones — that they wouldn’t fit.
Case dismissed!