Comments on: “Sunscreen is the snake oil of the 21st century” https://www.overlawyered.com/2006/04/sunscreen-is-the-snake-oil-of-the-21st-century/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Thu, 06 Apr 2006 10:57:51 +0000 hourly 1 By: Deoxy https://www.overlawyered.com/2006/04/sunscreen-is-the-snake-oil-of-the-21st-century/comment-page-1/#comment-2595 Thu, 06 Apr 2006 10:57:51 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=3294#comment-2595 An excelleent idea.

I hereby propose that this lawyer put his money where his mouth is.

Let’s lay this lawyer out in the sun on a beach somewhere. We’ll put SPF 50 sunscreen on his left side and nothing on his right side (unless he’s left-handed, then the other way around) and leave him there for a few hours, then see how the “snake oil” works.

That sounds pretty good to me.

]]> By: Ryan Frank https://www.overlawyered.com/2006/04/sunscreen-is-the-snake-oil-of-the-21st-century/comment-page-1/#comment-2594 Wed, 05 Apr 2006 15:43:52 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=3294#comment-2594 Amen, I get a sunburn if I LOOK outside for too long. Maybe we can send the lawyers to a tropical beach without sunscreen?

]]> By: TC https://www.overlawyered.com/2006/04/sunscreen-is-the-snake-oil-of-the-21st-century/comment-page-1/#comment-2593 Wed, 05 Apr 2006 01:40:27 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=3294#comment-2593 Deoxy!

We need you to run for president!

And yes “sue the bastards”!

]]> By: TortsProf Blog https://www.overlawyered.com/2006/04/sunscreen-is-the-snake-oil-of-the-21st-century/comment-page-1/#comment-2596 Tue, 04 Apr 2006 18:25:36 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=3294#comment-2596 Here Comes the Sun — Run For Your Lives!

Plenty of folks have noted the sunscreen lawsuit (e.g., Overlawyered, Point of Law). It’s worth emphasizing what PoL notes but most news reports have not — it’s not a personal injury suit. Instead, the complaint asserts fraud and statutory claims:

]]> By: Deoxy https://www.overlawyered.com/2006/04/sunscreen-is-the-snake-oil-of-the-21st-century/comment-page-1/#comment-2592 Tue, 04 Apr 2006 13:12:13 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=3294#comment-2592 Greedy, lying [censored].

As a person of severe palor, I assure you, sunscreen makes the difference for me between severe, painful burns in as little as 30 minutes and a full day in the sun with skin irritation.

To call that “snake oil” is complete and utter garbage, and if I were those companies, I’d be lining up people (like myself) and suing those lawyers for libel.

In fact, why DON’T they sue the lawyers for libel?

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