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(Some Guy) Asinine When your little snowflake loses a toe in an escalator accident, do you C) sue the manufacturer of Crocs?   (ocregister.com) divider line 123
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FirstNationalBastard [TotalFark]
2012-01-27 03:29:01 PM
www.inpapasbasement.com
 
robmilmel [TotalFark]
2012-01-27 03:37:27 PM
Some kids will never lose a toe,
but then again some kid'll!
 
Cyberluddite [TotalFark]
2012-01-27 03:51:33 PM
If this lawsuit helps rid the world of the scourge that is Crocs, then I'm all for it. In the words of Malcolm X: By any means necessary.
 
serpent_sky [TotalFark]
2012-01-27 03:53:48 PM
FTA: "The Motzneys' attorney, Andrew Laskin of Robinson & Yablon, P.C. in New York, has handled 13 of the suits, he said."

That's an awfully specialized area of the law, no? I wish he had a TV commercial. "Has your child lost a toe in a croc accident? I'm the leading croc injury attorney in the country. Call me."
 
brigid_fitch [TotalFark]
2012-01-27 03:57:23 PM
I'd wager that Crocs are slightly safer on an escalator than flip-flops. Little Suzy got her toe sucked into the escalator--OMG, it's because of faulty shoes!

/Parental responsibility, how the fark does it work??
//No, it's not he fault of the elevator company, either--as long as the maintenance is up to date
///Mallrats aside, watch your precious snowflakes when you've got them around moving parts, okay?
 
Nabb1 [TotalFark]
2012-01-27 03:57:40 PM
serpent_sky: FTA: "The Motzneys' attorney, Andrew Laskin of Robinson & Yablon, P.C. in New York, has handled 13 of the suits, he said."

That's an awfully specialized area of the law, no?

This particular claim is not unheard of. It's become kind of a cottage industry over the past five or six years. I told my wife to not buy our kids Crocs when I heard of these suits quite some time ago.
 
rocinante721 [TotalFark]
2012-01-27 04:02:37 PM
When I was gifted Crocs, I lamented the shoes that made me look like the fat piece of crap that I am, but darn it, they are convenient & comfy!
 
Pawn takes the King [TotalFark]
2012-01-27 04:07:52 PM
Done in one.
 
ferretman [TotalFark]
2012-01-27 04:20:15 PM
www.replikultes.net
 
sno man [TotalFark]
2012-01-27 04:47:46 PM
Cyberluddite: If this lawsuit helps rid the world of the scourge that is Crocs, then I'm all for it. In the words of Malcolm X: By any means necessary.

this^

A Friend of mine has a kid that put her fresh new 'adult' front teeth through her lip from a trip wearing these things.
 
sycraft
2012-01-27 04:54:35 PM
Well to be fair, they should be sued for making Crocs. I will point everyone to the grad master Maddox for information on Crocs Link (new window)
 
BurnShrike [TotalFark]
2012-01-27 04:55:28 PM
Crocs dangerous to kids fashion

Fixed it.
 
freewill
2012-01-27 04:57:47 PM
On one hand, yes, these shoes are clearly not designed to protect your feet from daily life in an urban environment with moving parts.

On the other hand, you should be able to figure that out just from looking at them.

Well, I guess those are kind of the same hand.
 
Cagey B
2012-01-27 04:58:53 PM
The Uggs thread below this one is a post-modern masterpiece. This Crocs thread has had the bar set pretty high, but it has some potential.
 
Nightsweat
2012-01-27 04:58:59 PM
I has an escalator on the CTA take the tip off a Chuck Taylor many years ago at the Loyola stop.

Scared the shiat out of me.
 
Jon iz teh kewl
2012-01-27 04:59:42 PM
freewill: On one hand, yes, these shoes are clearly not designed to protect your feet from daily life in an urban environment with moving parts.

On the other hand, you should be able to figure that out just from looking at them.

Well, I guess those are kind of the same hand.

OR U COULD JUST CHOOSE A READY GUIDE THAT WOULD KEEP U FROM DOING SOMETHING THAT STUPID. farkTARD
 
RedPhoenix122 [TotalFark]
2012-01-27 05:00:48 PM
WHAT A CROC!
 
suburbanguy
2012-01-27 05:00:55 PM
Pawn takes the King: Done in one.

Sorry. It took 8 for ferretman to post the correct answer.
 
Iniamyen1
2012-01-27 05:01:22 PM
I'm gonna sue Hanes because we were messing around in our underwear playing with some broadswords and I got farking stabbed. I woulda thought that undershirt was at least chain-mail-rated. WTF.
 
Serpoltas
2012-01-27 05:01:33 PM
www.chrysander.com

Farking amateurs.
 
triplenickel03
2012-01-27 05:01:36 PM
Footwear trifecta in play!!
 
Karma Curmudgeon
2012-01-27 05:01:53 PM
Cagey B: The Uggs thread below this one is a post-modern masterpiece. This Crocs thread has had the bar set pretty high, but it has some potential.

horrendous footwear trifecta in play
 
mekki
2012-01-27 05:02:28 PM
Are we really into "precious little snowflake" territory when you are upset that your kid's toe was ripped off due to the shoes she/he was wearing?

I don't know about you but I think the parent has a right to be angry over this.
 
stewbert
2012-01-27 05:06:03 PM
Love my Crocs. Best slippers ever.

Gonna wear them to get carryout later in honor of this thread. Might even put on my pajamas.
 
weapon13
2012-01-27 05:06:37 PM
These parents should farking DIAF. No parental responsibility, no farking brains either. One look will tell you that Croc's do not give the same protection as steel capped boots or safety boots. You stupid stupid (greedy) coonts.
 
DrippinBalls
2012-01-27 05:07:00 PM
Ask Belinda Skelton at WSB radio. She's a freak to the point, she'll probably run through the phone to kill you discussing crocs.
 
Lando Lincoln [TotalFark]
2012-01-27 05:07:40 PM
Cyberluddite: If this lawsuit helps rid the world of the scourge that is Crocs, then I'm all for it. In the words of Malcolm X: By any means necessary.

Hear, hear! Sue them until they are out of business and they are wiped from the retailing history books.
 
Arkanaut
2012-01-27 05:07:53 PM
brigid_fitch / freewill

Having had some exposure to safety and liability issues, I have heard a lot of horror stories about Crocs getting chewed up by escalators. I think the issue is, Crocs are solid enough for parents to think it's ok for kids to go outside and play in -- much more so than flip flops, anyway -- but they're just soft enough to get sucked into escalators.

By this point though, I hope enough parents know about this risk to 1) be careful with their kids around escalators and 2) buy their kids some real shoes.
 
RedPhoenix122 [TotalFark]
2012-01-27 05:09:01 PM
Arkanaut: By this point though, I hope enough parents know about this risk to 1) be careful with their kids around escalators and 2) buy their kids some real shoes.

3) TAKE THE FARKING STAIRS!

Sorry, I have a cold.
 
Lone Stranger
2012-01-27 05:09:08 PM
It could have been worse.


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moops
2012-01-27 05:09:49 PM
Suing the manufacturer of Crocs?

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weapon13
2012-01-27 05:10:35 PM
mekki: Are we really into "precious little snowflake" territory when you are upset that your kid's toe was ripped off due to the shoes she/he was wearing?

I don't know about you but I think the parent has a right to be angry over this.

Yes they have the right to be angry, angry that they are farking stupid retards.
 
skyotter
2012-01-27 05:10:44 PM
www.shoebuy.com

flame away, but easily the most comfortable loafers i've ever owned. tread wears out quick, though ...
 
accelerus
2012-01-27 05:13:17 PM
Sometimes I wonder just how cheap and easy life would be if people took responsibility for their own stupidity and our courts were not clogged with frivolous lawsuits like this.

I'm going to just go full force and say I'm glad the kid lost a toe - it will teach them to watch where the hell they are going. In a perfect world the parents would be made to pay a hefty fine for clogging up our judicial system.
 
fusillade762
2012-01-27 05:16:28 PM
stewbert: Love my Crocs. Best slippers ever.

Gonna wear them to get carryout later in honor of this thread. Might even put on my pajamas.

Heh. You're like me. I wear these whenever I make a quick trip to the store:

ecx.images-amazon.com

No arch support, so they're not good for sustained walking, but comfy as hell for most applications.
 
TheDirtyNacho
2012-01-27 05:18:34 PM
skyotter: [www.shoebuy.com image 450x286]

flame away, but easily the most comfortable loafers i've ever owned. tread wears out quick, though ...

Their non-boat shoes are pretty nice actually. The new stores relegate the funny looking shoes to the back wall.
 
hobblekitty [TotalFark]
2012-01-27 05:19:49 PM
I used to be an avowed Croc hater but no more. I am comfortable in them, and anyone who is offended by my shoes (which is ridiculous) can sit and spin. And if you look at the website, they have so many new styles that look nothing like the original Croc of old.

As far as this story goes, I think the blame can be split evenly between the two sides. It would behoove the Crocs company greatly to somehow figure out a way to force the customer to acknowledge the escalator danger before they ourchase the shoe (if buying online, this would be as easy as having the customer check a box for example). But by the same token, I think the parent should have been paying closer attention to the kid. There is no reson why the kids foot should have been touching the side of the escalator. I have tripped on escalators wearing all types of shoes. There is a safe way to ride the escalator, and if your foot is touching the side enough to get pulled in then you are not riding safely.
 
GWLush [TotalFark]
2012-01-27 05:21:19 PM
skyotter: [www.shoebuy.com image 450x286]

flame away, but easily the most comfortable loafers i've ever owned. tread wears out quick, though ...

Thos look comfortable and nice but you know damn well those aren't the Crocs people are talking about.

www.signature9.com
 
mc_madness
2012-01-27 05:21:39 PM
Crocs are for fat nurses...
 
Cyno01 [TotalFark]
2012-01-27 05:24:51 PM
sno man: Cyberluddite: If this lawsuit helps rid the world of the scourge that is Crocs, then I'm all for it. In the words of Malcolm X: By any means necessary.

this^

A Friend of mine has a kid that put her fresh new 'adult' front teeth through her lip from a trip wearing these things.

Your friends kid is a klutz. Unless youre wearing 6" heels or something, you cant really blame your shoes if you trip and fall.
 
Why Would I Read the Article
2012-01-27 05:25:14 PM
You want a toe? I can get you a toe by 4 oclock.
 
litespeed74
2012-01-27 05:25:48 PM
skyotter: [www.shoebuy.com image 450x286]

flame away, but easily the most comfortable loafers i've ever owned. tread wears out quick, though ...

THIS
I wear these to work during the summer. My only complaint is my wretched foot odor.
 
stewbert
2012-01-27 05:36:55 PM
fusillade762: stewbert: Love my Crocs. Best slippers ever.

Gonna wear them to get carryout later in honor of this thread. Might even put on my pajamas.

Heh. You're like me. I wear these whenever I make a quick trip to the store:

[ecx.images-amazon.com image 424x424]

No arch support, so they're not good for sustained walking, but comfy as hell for most applications.

When those wear out in a few months, try a pair of Crocs. Much better for walking, and at least as comfy around the house. Plus they last far longer than slippers.
 
ArcadianRefugee
2012-01-27 05:37:26 PM
GWLush: skyotter: [www.shoebuy.com image 450x286]

flame away, but easily the most comfortable loafers i've ever owned. tread wears out quick, though ...

Thos look comfortable and nice but you know damn well those aren't the Crocs people are talking about.

[www.signature9.com image 417x375]

Ugly, hate 'em, but I would have loved a pair over the summer. Cape Cod beaches are rocky, and these would have made getting in and out of the water significantly less painful.
 
Big Man On Campus
2012-01-27 05:45:16 PM
I wouldn't care about my child's toe any further than praising the child for giving me a reason to go after a company that profits on bad fashion.
 
thamike
2012-01-27 05:45:25 PM
When you are completely unaware that you fancy yourself a little snowflake do you C: write a Fark headline condemning parents of escalator victims.

/subby wears Crocs.
 
Plush_Cthulhu
2012-01-27 05:48:33 PM
Jelly shoes were big when I was in middle school, I guess the plastic Crocs are just this generation's version of that trend.
 
Geotpf
2012-01-27 05:52:18 PM
It looks like there is a legitimate design flaw in Crocs that alows them to get caught in escalators. They need to fix the design flaw or otherwise put a huge warning on the shoe itself or stop selling the product, period.
 
Ficoce
2012-01-27 05:52:50 PM
They should sue the relative that gave the kid shoes.

/fear and respect the escalator
 
doglover [TotalFark]
2012-01-27 05:55:27 PM
Crocs puts a warning tag on its children's clogs, Laskin said, but it is one of three tags that are easily overlooked. "We maintain that warning is insufficient."

Disbar their lawyer, beat them both down to the ground with a host pipe, and give the daughter some candy and good children's book.

No one should be in favor of MORE warning labels. Freakin' America has 1000% too many already.

Danger: High Voltage GOOD

The lawyer version of This shoe is not a steel toed boot, you morons. BAD

Crocs should not have a warning label. It's inherently obvious.
 
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