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You don't think vendors that sell products that can leave you maimed for the rest of your life, damage or eliminate entirely your earning potential, destroy your marital relations, and destroy future of your children should not be liable for injuries caused by their product?

Really? You are against holding people liable for faulty products?



There wouldn't be a single car being sold if it was the case.

The vaccine was approved by the FDA, they did their part making sure it was safe. 100% certainty is impossible, and people should not be held liable to that.

Here, they pulled off their product off not because it was shown to be unsafe but because it was unprofitable. Due to the controversy, it was a tough sell, and lawsuits are costly no matter if you are right or wrong.


This one is a real weird forum.

Class action against car manufacturer, Toyota, because of 200-400 injuries from airbags? GOOD

Class action against any medical product? BAD until proven otherwise.

It’s like tainted blood transfusions, vioxx, fen-phen, thalidomide just never happened.

I’m guessing the demographics is on the younger and still thinks they are made from steel.


> Class action against any medical product? BAD until proven otherwise.

You are arguing with strawman, noone said this.


I haven't said anything like that at all.




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