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verdicts

U-Haul Must Pay $84 Million To Man For Injuries

A Dallas court found U-Haul guilty of negligence for failing to maintain its vehicles properly, and awarded 74-year-old Talmadge Waldrip $84 million in damages, $63 million of which are punitive. "The truck's parking brake did not work at all," said the man's lawyer. "He stepped out of the truck and it rolled right over him." More »

10:40 PM on Mon Apr 21 2008
By Chris Walters
6,944 views, 64 comments

fads

The Crocs Fad Is Over?! Profits Down, Will Close 1 Factory

Like Zubaz pants before them, Crocs seem to be well on their way to assuming their rightful place of honor in the bad fad hall of fame as the company slashed its sales forecast and announced that it would be closing a plant in Quebec due to decreased traffic in its US stores. More »

2:24 PM on Fri Apr 18 2008
By Meg Marco
9,775 views, 78 comments

recalls

Recalled Simplicity Crib Owners: Your Repair Kits Are Ready

If you have one of the Simplicity cribs that was recalled due to a design flaw that made it easy to assemble incorrectly and dangerous to use, your repair kits are ready. More »

3:11 AM on Sat Oct 27 2007
By Meg Marco
853 views, 1 comment

kmart

Kmart Automatic Door Fractures Woman's Ribs

Automatic doors in one West Virginia Kmart went haywire, attacking a customer. More »
wii

Wii Breaks More TVs than Elvis

Carbon nanotubes have one of the highest tensile strengths of any material known to man, which is how we know that the Wii wrist strap is not made of them. The Wii strap has been breaking at inopportune times all over the country since the Wii's release in mid-November—and the results have been disastrous enough to warrant a few news stories and at least one blog dedicated to documenting the destruction. Because after you've bounced a video game controller off your laptop and into your brand new plasma tv—you're going to take a picture. And we're going to laugh. In all seriousness, Nintendo might have a little problem on its hands if these "accidents" are caused by a faulty wrist strap. May we suggest Kevlar next time?—MEGHANN MARCO More »

2:40 PM on Thu Nov 30 2006
By Meg Marco
210 views, 11 comments

Latest by kcskater: Thanks Hitchcock! I was about to post the same link! But in response to your final thought, I give you this: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/11/13 There's a line between personal and corporate responsibility. This issue happens to be on the side of personal responsibility. more »

toys

10 Worst Toys of 2006

The W.A.T.C.H. List of the 10 worst toys of 2006 is out! This list claims to feature toys that have the potential to "cause childhood injuries, or even death." What evil toys made the list this year? The insanely popular skate shoe "Heelys" come with the following warning, "There is no way to heel and/or grind without running the risk of SERIOUS BODILY HARM, including head injury, spinal injury, or even death" Death! Jeepers. More »

8:12 AM on Tue Nov 28 2006
By Meg Marco
590 views, 24 comments

Latest by madderhatter: Everybody get your kid a Red Ryder BB Gun for Christmas. Or maybe one of those big friggin' metal Tonka Dump Trucks like we used to sit it and ride down hills at break-neck speeds. What about a more »