Remember that famous lady who sued Winnebago�after she put her�RV into cruise control on the highway, then walked to the back for a cup of coffee?
She claimed that Winnebago had not made it sufficiently�clear to her that cruise control couldn't drive the vehicle.
When some people do idiotic things that defy the most elementary common�sense resulting in�"accidents,"�they see dollar signs.�When most people do dumb things, however,�they just blame themselves and leave it at that. What is the difference between those two categories of people?
Read about Slate's�Emily Bazelon at Overlawyered.�How can any manufacturer anticipate every moronic thing a person might do with a product? They would need to hire teams of morons as product testers.
Are such cases really about personal responsibility, or are they just�about a class of greed-intoxicated people who are comfortable with ripping off businesses and their insurors?
Image: A Winnebago of the sort that cannot drive itself down the road. For that, you need the more expensive model.