....Just to show Herb why lawsuits should only be allowed for *serious*
issues:

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Jan 6, 7:33 AM EST

Toilet Brush Warning Wins Consumer Award

By DAVID N. GOODMAN
Associated Press Writer

DETROIT (AP) -- The sign on the toilet brush says it best: "Do not use
for personal hygiene."

That admonition was the winner of an anti-lawsuit group's contest for
the wackiest consumer warning label of the year.

The sponsor, Michigan Lawsuit Abuse Watch, says the goal is "to reveal
how lawsuits, and concern about lawsuits, have created a need for
common sense warnings on products."

The $500 first prize went to Ed Gyetvai, of Oldcastle, Ontario, who
submitted the toilet-brush label. A $250 second prize went to Matt
Johnson, of Naperville, Ill., for a label on a children's scooter that
said, "This product moves when used."

A $100 third prize went to Ann Marie Taylor, of Camden, S.C., who
submitted a warning from a digital thermometer that said, "Once used
rectally, the thermometer should not be used orally."

This year's contest coincides with a drive by President Bush and
congressional Republicans to put caps and other limits on jury awards
in liability cases.

"Warning labels are a sign of our lawsuit-plagued times," said group
President Robert Dorigo Jones. "From the moment we raise our head in
the morning off pillows that bear those famous Do Not Remove warnings,
to when we drop back in bed at night, we are overwhelmed with
warnings."

The leader of a group that opposes the campaign to limit lawsuits
admits that while some warning labels may seem stupid, even dumb
warnings can do good.

"There are many cases of warning labels saving lives," said Joanne
Doroshow, executive director of the Center for Justice and Democracy
in New York. "It's much better to be very cautious ... than to be
afraid of being made fun of by a tort reform group."

The Wacky Warning Label Contest is in its eighth year.

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