What a crock
Stupid lawsuit of the day: Son hurt, Pa. woman sues Crocs firm.
A Pennsylvania mother yesterday filed a multimillion-dollar federal lawsuit against the makers of the popular Crocs footwear after her 6-year-old son’s shoe was caught and trapped in an escalator at the National Aquarium in Baltimore this spring, mangling his right big toe.
Kerry Burdick, who lives in Eagleville, Pa., claims Colorado-based Crocs Inc. knew its foam clogs were unsafe for escalator travel yet did nothing to warn the public, according to the lawsuit, which seeks more than $7.5 million in damages. It was filed yesterday morning in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Next up: Parents start suing shoelace-makers when their kids trip over untied laces that didn’t include user warnings.
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I know it is when my brother makes it.
Michelle! Don’t give these people ideas!
While I didn’t read all of the comments I think the general consensus is that the mother of the six year old is looking at a lottery type payment..
she should be ashamed…
Whenever a copyright law is to be made or altered, then the idiots assemble.
- Mark Twain
I’ve always thought that juries give huge awards because somewhere
in their hearts they hope that if they ever hit it “lucky” and have a
reason to sue, they’ll get that type of award.
I worked with a woman whose husband used one of those stretchy
things where you put your feet in stirrups and then did situps holding
the end of this thing. There was a warning that if you were over a
certain height you should not use the thing. She bragged that he read
it and then he bought the thing and used it knowing that he was about
5 inches over the max recommended height. It snapped and knocked
out his upper and lower front teeth. He was elated! Now he could
sue! What they didn’t count on was that not only had she bragged,
but so had he and the makers detective found out and had witnesses lined up around the block. Case never came to trial.
Hey Purple…Read my comment #87. These may seem like “fad” footwear, but they have saved my feet!
I love the crocs thong type sandals in the summer.
I don’t wear any other kind of crocs so I cannot
comment on those.
I made it though the “earth shoe” and “boogie shoe” eras, Scrapper, so I’m not concerned – this too shall pass….
I wish I could have been the judge in the McDonald’s coffee case:
1. I would have turned to the plaintiff and issued a decree disallowing the woman from ever drinking coffee again. It was obvious she could not handle it and was apparently ignorant that it was supposed to be hot. I might have also put her on notice that her driver’s license may be revoked since she was doing something that she could not perform, drinking coffee and driving at the same time.
2. I would have turned to the plaintiff’s attorney and found him in comtempt of court for bringing in such a frivolous case. Thirty days in the slammer unless he apologize in court, then we could reduce it to 3 days with another 10 days of community service (pro bono work for really needy people would be a nice touch).
3. Ask the defendant what the real ingredients are used to making the Big Mac sauce.
Hey, a guy can dream…
Purple…My point is, if not for Crocs, I would still have severe foot pain. Those “idiotic fad” shoes have been a godsend. I’m not familiar with the other shoes you mentioned, but I hope Crocs are here to stay. They were a miracle for me.
being a licensed lawyer, i can answer chap that slugs and leeches have their purpose also, but we don’t have to like them either. the old joke about a bus load of lawyers going over the cliff being a good start generally sums up the public’s feelings about lawyers. btw my father calls me a reformed lawyer in that i am way too honest to be a lawyer, so i run a sales company.