Comments on: Touch-a-car-for-the-longest contest

By: Todd Rogers

Todd Rogers — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:37:27 +0000

Maybe the negligent party was the jack ass who shot himself. Holy Blanking Blank!!! Yet another example of the relationship between truth, fiction, and strangeness. We’re going down the tubes, kids, and this story is just one more piece of pile-on.

By: Jim Collins

Jim Collins — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:34:54 +0000

I’m with nevins. Did the gun have a trigger lock? Last time I checked it was a policy of K-mart that all of their guns had trigger locks.

By: nevins

nevins — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:17:35 +0000

Seems like most of the liability would be in the gun store. Was the gun in the store loaded? Was there reasonable security for the Kmart that would reasonably prevent guns from being stolen? Not that I’m advocating placing the blame anywhere but 100% on the whacko, but the dealer seems a somewhat remote deep pocket for causality when the gun came from Kmart.

By: L.C. Burgundy

L.C. Burgundy — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:39:09 +0000

I think if you’re willing to participate in one of these contests to begin with, you’re a little nuts.

By: Tom T.

Tom T. — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:21:27 +0000

I’m guessing that the settlement involved a new Nissan.

By: roy

roy — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:07:13 +0000

The basic complaint is that the dealership allowed somebody to voluntarily participate in something stressful. If that’s a reason to sue somebody, there’s a problem: lawsuits are stressful too, for both sides. Should we also sue lawyers who allow people to sue people?