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nickffyesterday at 7:31 PM1 replyview on HN

These product-liability lawsuits are out of control; perhaps this judgement is directionally correct, but the punitive damages seem insane. This reminds me of the lawsuits which drove Instant Pot bankrupt, where the users were clearly doing very stupid things, and suffered injuries because they were able to physically overpower the safety mechanisms on their pressure-cookers.


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mmoossyesterday at 7:51 PM

> These product-liability lawsuits are out of control

Businesses also claim that, all the time. We need some evidence.

I remember doctors claiming that malpractice lawsuits were out of control; research I read said that it wasn't an economic issue for doctors and that malpractice was out of control.

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