I believe that people and corporations can be negligent and should be held accountable if this negligance results in injury or death. However, I also believe that people must employ common sense in their lives and not require corporations to spend time and money determining how some foolish person may use their product in a way that it is clearly not intended for and create warnings for such. The results are increased cost of insurance and products for all of us. In addition these warnings have become so numerous and silly that most people don't even read them anymore. So you essentially have time and cost put into something just as protection against litigation. That helps no one.

I believe that people in the 40s, 50s and mayby even in the 60s have some rights to damages against cigarette mfgs. However, I cannot possibly believe that people more recently can possibly claim they did not know of the dangers or did not have the will power to resist smoking. If this is the case then the govt should step in and make smoking illegal.

Stapfam did you have the person sign a waiver releasing you from any liabaility as result of an accident from use of a bike you built up?