Blinky
11-11-2002, 02:58 PM
http://www.tcpalm.com/tcp/the_news_editorials/article/0,1651,TCP_1033_1537773,00.html
quote:Editorial: Scooter chasing
Lawyers already lining up to represent 'It' owners
November 11, 2002
During its secrecy-shrouded development, the Segway Human Transporter was known by the code name "It." Sometime next year, the innovative battery-powered, gyro-stabilized, supposedly untippable scooter will go on sale for about $4,000.
Perhaps on the theory that it's never too early to plan a lawsuit, a Washington, D.C., law firm has opened a Web site, Sue-It.com, to seek prospective plaintiffs: "We expect to be in the forefront of suits featuring the invention widely know as 'It.'"
Once the Segway hits the market, the law firm envisions all sorts of actionable chaos and mayhem: crashes, pedestrians being bowled over, drunken scooter driving, scooter jackings, people risking their health by taking a Segway when they should be taking a walk, and children getting injured. Notes the firm in an aside, "Courts will likely find It to be an attractive nuisance."
It says something about our litigious society that even before a product hits the market, even before the first allegation of harm, lawyers are lining up to sue
quote:Editorial: Scooter chasing
Lawyers already lining up to represent 'It' owners
November 11, 2002
During its secrecy-shrouded development, the Segway Human Transporter was known by the code name "It." Sometime next year, the innovative battery-powered, gyro-stabilized, supposedly untippable scooter will go on sale for about $4,000.
Perhaps on the theory that it's never too early to plan a lawsuit, a Washington, D.C., law firm has opened a Web site, Sue-It.com, to seek prospective plaintiffs: "We expect to be in the forefront of suits featuring the invention widely know as 'It.'"
Once the Segway hits the market, the law firm envisions all sorts of actionable chaos and mayhem: crashes, pedestrians being bowled over, drunken scooter driving, scooter jackings, people risking their health by taking a Segway when they should be taking a walk, and children getting injured. Notes the firm in an aside, "Courts will likely find It to be an attractive nuisance."
It says something about our litigious society that even before a product hits the market, even before the first allegation of harm, lawyers are lining up to sue