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13th Annual Wacky Warning Labels™ Contest: Winners Selected on National Television
07.12.2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 12, 2010
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13th ANNUAL WACKY WARNING LABELS™ CONTEST WINNERS SELECTED ON NATIONAL TELEVISION
Grand Prize Winner – “Drive ‘N’ Talk Speakerphone – Not for use while driving!”
Video and Photos Available at www.wackywarninglabelstv.com
(New York City/July 12, 2010): The winners are in – and the list is crazier than ever! The 13th annual Wacky Warning Labels™ Contest, which reaches tens of millions of Americans each year, entertains and alarms the nation about the lawsuit-happy culture and the lengths to which companies must go to avoid lawsuits. Here are the winners, as selected by the studio audience for “Stossel” on FOX Business Network, which first aired on July 8:
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This year’s Grand Prize Winner is “Never operate your speakerphone while driving,”(pictured right) a warning attached to the Jabra “Drive ‘N’ Talk” speakerphone for use with a mobile cell phone. The label was submitted by Courtney Pike of Bay City, Michigan, who wins the $1000 grand prize and a copy of Wacky Warning Labels™ Contest host Bob Dorigo Jones’ bestselling book, Remove Child Before Folding: 101 Stupidest, Silliest and Wackiest Warning Labels Ever. As Bob says in his short news video (www.wackywarninglabelstv.com), “That’s why we bought the thing!”
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The Second Prize Winner is “This product moves when used,” a warning attached to a Razor motorized go-cart.
- The Third Prize Winner is “Use of a headset that covers both ears will impair your ability to hear other sounds,” a warning on the Plantronics Bluetooth full headset.
“Once a year, millions of people around the world get a collective laugh from our winners,” said Bob Dorigo Jones. “The truth is, this is no laughing matter. In fact, every family of four in America pays a ‘litigation tax’ of more than $9,000 a year on products and services we buy.”
Bob is Senior Fellow at Foundation for Fair Civil Justice, one of the nation’s leading legal reform and free enterprise organizations (www.foundationforfairciviljustice.org). Bob hosts a weekly radio commentary, “Let’s Be Fair!” that demonstrates the impact of lawsuit abuse on American families and communities. The radio commentaries are heard on 20 radio stations and are available on www.dailycaller.com, one of the nation’s leading newssites. Bob also hosts a blog on which he expands on the stories from “Let’s Be Fair!” and other free enterprise issues (www.bobdorigojones.com).
13th Annual Wacky Warning Labels Contest: Winners Chosen In Early May, Bigger and Funnier than Ever!
04.21.2010
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13th ANNUAL WACKY WARNING LABELS CONTEST:
WINNERS CHOSEN IN EARLY MAY, BIGGER AND FUNNIER THAN EVER
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ATLANTA/WASHINGTON, DC: The internationally recognized Wacky Warning Label Contest – this year, it’s bigger than ever – and more hilarious and important than ever! Last year, contest results reached more than 150 million Americans via international media coverage. Wacky Warning Labels is a project of the Foundation for Fair Civil Justice, a dynamic coalition of thought leaders providing education tools to empower the American people for common sense legal reform. Catch past video and news on Wacky Warning Labels Here.
This year’s finalists will be announced next week (April 27), and WINNERS will be chosen in early May!
Contest creator Bob Dorigo Jones, bestselling author of Remove Child Before Folding: The 101 Stupidest, Silliest and Wackiest Warning Labels Ever, has reached hundreds of millions of Americans in the past decade with the important message of the WWL Annual Contest –
“Absurd and silly labels surround us in everyday places – because America has a lawsuit-happy culture that must be changed!”
Bob’s been talking about the Contest on his weekly radio commentary, “Let’s Be Fair!” and in his “Let’s Be Fair!” blog (www.bobdorigojones.com). Now it’s time for you to get involved!
Hilarious and thought-provoking past winners include:
- Remove child before folding” – on a child car safety seat!
- “Not for use on moving vehicles” – the warning on the “Off-Road Commode,” a portable toilet seat that attaches to a trailer hitch!
- “Danger: Avoid Death” – a warning on a small tractor!
- “Harmful if swallowed – a warning on a brass fishing lure with a three-pronged hook
- "This product moves when used” – a warning on a popular children’s scooter!
Bob would love to talk to you about the Wacky Warning Label Contest and his observations about America’s lawsuit-happy culture. Please contact the media representatives listed above and we’ll make it happen.
Bigger than Ever - and More Hilarious and Important Than Ever: 2010 Wacky Warning Labels Contest
04.07.2010
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Bigger than ever – and more hilarious and important than ever!
Contest creator Bob Dorigo Jones, bestselling author of Remove Child Before Folding: The 101 Stupidest, Silliest and Wackiest Warning Labels Ever (below), has reached more than 150 million Americans in the past decade with the important message of the WWL Annual Contest –
“Absurd and silly labels surround us in everyday places – because America has a lawsuit-happy culture that must be changed!”
As in past years, Bob and the Wacky Warning Label Contest will be seen and heard on top TV, radio and print news outlets across the nation – and across the world.
Bob’s been talking about the Contest on his weekly radio commentary, “Let’s Be Fair!” (click here for the full archive) and in his “Let’s Be Fair!” blog (www.bobdorigojones.com). Now it’s time for you to get involved!
Hilarious and thought-provoking past winners include:
- “Remove child before folding” – on a child car safety seat!
- "Not for use on moving vehicles” – the warning on the “Off-Road Commode,” a portable toilet seat that attaches to a trailer hitch!
- “Danger: Avoid Death” – a warning on a small tractor!
- “Harmful if swallowed – a warning on a brass fishing lure with a three-pronged hook
- “This product moves when used” – a warning on a popular children’s scooter!
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Remove Child Before Folding: The 101 Stupidest, Silliest and Wackiest Warning Labels Ever by Bob Dorigo Jones |
Are you interested in submitting a label for our contest?
FFCJ is awarding cash prizes to the top three wackiest warning labels. If you have a warning label you would like to submit to FFCJ, please send the original label and your name and address to: Wacky Warning Label Contest, 39555 Orchard Hill Place, Suite 600, Novi, MI, 48375. We cannot accept entries via the internet because of the need to verify the authenticity of the labels.
Important Prize Information
The grand prize winner will receive $1000 and a copy of the new bestselling book, Remove Child Before Folding, The 101 Stupidest, Silliest and Wackiest Warning Labels Ever, by Bob Dorigo Jones. The second place winner receives $500 and the third place winner receives $250. Please submit labels to FFCJ by April 15, 2011.
Rules
All individuals entering the FFCJ Wacky Warning Label Contest agree to the following: Labels that are submitted to the contest become the property of FFCJ. Entries may include the actual label, or, if the label cannot be mailed, a photo of the label. If the same label is submitted by more than one person, the first person to submit the label will qualify for the prize. If you have any questions, email FFCJ at bobdj@foundationforfairciviljustice.org.
FFCJ | Forbes.com Spotlights FFCJ’s Legal Liability Toolkit Tutorials
02.01.2010
Without waiting for legislation to end lawsuit abuses‚ FFCJ is helping business and nonprofits to avoid mistakes that attract lawsuits. Each of the five free online Legal Liability Toolkit Tutorials use 20 scenario to familiarize users with liability principles and legal requirements. The tutorials were prepared and reviewed by experienced trial lawyers.
You can view these free, online Tutorials here.
FFCJ Senior Fellow Bob Dorigo Jones‚ whose weekly "Let’s Be Fair!" radio commentaries focus on lawsuit abuse topics‚ says "We want to reduce abusive lawsuits by helping people lower their risk exposure through education. With so many organization's one lawsuit away from bankruptcy’‚ they need help now. These tutorials are easy and fun to use and go to the heart of mistakes that generate lawsuits."
Bob’s blog (www.bobdorigojones.com) provides a forum for Toolkit Tutorial users to dialog about abusive lawsuits they encounter in running businesses and nonprofits. Bob is the creator of the blockbuster annual Wacky Warning Labels contest.
The Leader’s Guide discusses how organizations can take greatest advantage of the program. Users are not required to input their names or email addresses‚ no records are kept‚ and there is no cost.
Download the Leader's Guide Here
FFCJ Liability Toolkit Tutorial Topics Include:
- Recruiting and Hiring Best Practices to Reduce Lawsuit Risks
- Employee Layoff Best Practices to Reduce Lawsuit Risks
- Performance Termination Best Practices to Reduce Lawsuit Risks
- Contract Negotiations and Drafting to Reduce Lawsuit Risks
- Clear and Effective Writing to Reduce Lawsuit Risks
From the Forbes.com Article:
"Dorigo Jones hopes that bringing these labels into the light will draw attention to a deeper and costly issue. "Americans are numb to lawsuit abuse‚" he says. "We want these labels to motivate people when they serve on juries and elect policy makers. We want to prevent people from becoming victims of frivolous lawsuits."
For business owners looking for a bit more protection‚ the Foundation for Fair Civil Justice has developed a series of 30 minute legal tutorials."
Read the Forbes.com article here.
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FFCJ Releases Exclusive “Role of the Courts” Video
08.26.2009
Millions to Learn About Constitutional Role
To stimulate public discussion about the importance for state court decisions to adhere to the principle of the "rule of law", FFCJ has produced a short video program that will be aired as regular programming starting this month on PBS. PBS expects a minimum of 3 million viewers to watch it! Watch the exclusive video by clicking here. "The Role of the Courts" will also be available for more than 38 million subscribers on cable starting in January. "The Role of the Courts" features two retired state Supreme Court Justices -- Harold See of Alabama (above right) and Cliff Taylor of Michigan (below right). See and Taylor briefly discuss how the judicial system was framed by the U.S. Constitution. As Harold See points out,
"The question is not are the judges doing what you would like them to do, the question is, are they are doing what the Constitution and the law require them to do?" "The court's job is to follow the law and follow the Constitution. And, it may be that produces outcomes that people who aren't aware of that template find offensive", says Cliff Taylor. "Our mission, in partnership with more than 60 state and national legal reform organizations, is to educate the public and key stakeholders about the vital role the civil justice system plays in supporting American prosperity and entrepreneurship," said Steve Nowlan, FFCJ president. "Our goal is to ensure that the public understand its stake in a healthy civil justice system that is free from abusive liability laws and frivolous lawsuits." Watch the exclusive video by clicking here.
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