Re: product liability (was 'we should all be uncomfortable with the extent to which luck..')

* William Allen Simpson sez: : Perhaps a different approach is in order -- product liability. : : When Firestone made a large number of bad tires, they compensated the : purchasers by PAYING for replacement, including those that had not yet : been injured. That included the upgrade, and the installation cost. Will Chrysler pay me heaps of money if I break my jawbone in an accident because I neglected to buckle up, turned the airbags off (the light on the dashboard was kinda annoying), never drove a car before (or even read a book on driving, for that matter) and nailed a stationery object on the highway because noone ever told me about the functionality of that middle pedal?