iPod Causes Hearing Damage…
2 Feb 2006
The iPod players are “inherently defective in design and are not sufficiently adorned with adequate warnings regarding the likelihood of hearing loss,” according to the complaint, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in San Jose, Calif., on behalf of John Kiel Patterson of Louisiana.
(From this article)
Why does this happen so much in America? Suing seems to be a larger and larger part of society, both in America and here in the UK. I don’t get it. Why? Are people so greedy that they just want to make money any way possible?
This case is, in my opinion, incredibly stupid. First, why single out just Apple? Likely because it is a pretty big name in the portable music device industry right now. But what really gets me is why this guy feels the need to have signs telling you that it can cause hearing loss. Of course it can! If you use a pneumatic drill without ear guards every day you’re going to get some sort of hearing loss. You don’t need a label telling you that, it’s just common sense.
And sure, it can produce sounds in excess of 115 decibels. But you don’t have to listen to it at that volume! This guy is so stupid, and it annoys me. And sure, it comes with earphones, which do sit closer to your ear canal than headphones. But again, you aren’t forced to use them. And using them will not cause hearing loss if you listen at a suitable volume.
Why can people do this?
The worst bit is that the guy wont even say if he has had his own hearing damaged. They are just saying that it has the potential to do harm.
Jesus If i was to sue for everything that had the potential to do harm…