from our frivilous lawsuits department:

[mark414]

Barcadi sued over flaming rum

MIAMI - A woman who was allegedly severely burned by flaming rum during a Bacardi promotion is suing the wine and spirits producer, claiming the product was defective and dangerous.

Danielle Alleyne, of Miami, was injured after she was doused with the flaming rum at a Miami night club in August 2002, according to the lawsuit filed Monday in Miami-Dade County Circuit Court.

A bartender, who was not identified in the lawsuit, was pouring shots when a customer lit a menu on fire and placed it in the stream of alcohol. A bottle of Bacardi 151 that was being used to pour the shots turned into a flame thrower and sent flaming rum all over Alleyne, the lawsuit said.

The lawsuit alleges that Bacardi 151 proof rum "emits a high volume of combustible and explosive vapor" which makes it "unreasonably dangerous" and defective.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14046590/


now far be it from me to belittle this woman's real pain, but how is flammable liquor defective? isn't that a sign that the product is what it says it is? and why on earth is any sort of blame being put on bacardi when some dumbass is the one responsible for this...maybe she's just hoping for some cash in a settlement...

i hope the judge throws this out.

[jobycom]

1. I'd have to hear more

Sounds flaky on the surface, but so did the McDonald's coffee lawsuit, and once that one was better explained it was clearly a good decision.

[Floogeldy]

2. What does the law have to say about products liability?

What standards are applied and what is the reasoning behind them?

Edit: BTW, when you say "our frivilous lawsuits department," who are you talking about?

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

3. Umm...unlike the other Bacardi's this one has a screen so...

it can't be easily turned into a Molotov Cocktail.

If anything, go after the asshat that set the shit on fire. Most intelligent people will understand that Bacardi 151 is flammable as fuck.

[petronius]

4. Just a WAG, but I wouldn't be surprised if the unnamed arsonist customer

just happened to be part of this woman's party...probably her date.

[Seabiscuit]

5. BINGO! It was all a setup.