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There is at least one consumer in the country who doesn't like the iPod, Apple's wildly popular MP3 player. John Kiel Patterson, a Louisiana resident, filed a lawsuit against Apple in the U.S. District Court in San Jose, Calif., contending that the device can cause permanent hearing loss. The complaint seeks class action certification for the suit, which requests compensation for damages as well as an order mandating iPod design changes to make listening safer.
Re: IPod User Sues Apple for Potential Hearing Damage
Posted by: anonemouse70 2006-02-05 00:34:28 In reply to: Erika Morphy
Where does all this end? Do kettle manufacturers really have to warn that use of this item makes water too hot to touch on the side. Why do car manufacturers not have to say Warning: use of this item can kill, in big letters on the dashboard of the car. If you want to be daft about things you can blame almost anyone for your own risk taking. The government tells you that smoking kills yet they still permit the tobacco industry to make and sell a leathal susbstance. Should we sue the government for allowing us to kill ourselves? Too many lawyers making too much money from outrageous claims. Whatever happened to common sense? Maybe the person filing the claim should be sectioned under the mental health act as they are not of sound enough mind to know when they are doing something harmful to themselves.
Re: IPod User Sues Apple for Potential Hearing Damage
Posted by: pjscott51 2006-02-03 08:50:53 In reply to: Erika Morphy
I saw this coming. It seems that people always have to blame someone else for their stupidity. For years we’ve all been warned about the loud music. I work at a facility where mentally and physically challenged people live. One night this person came into work playing his music so loud you could hear it a block away. He came in the building and left the music playing. I told him to go turn off the music. He gave me some lip about just getting two citations for his loud music. After turning the music off he came back into the building and approached someone and said “You have any aspirins my head is killing me”. See, people like this don’t have brains enough to be able to associate the loud music and why their head is killing them.
