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right and that's why they just settled instead of proving their product is safe
by zzzeek 4y ago
right and that's why they just settled instead of proving their product is safe
- aetherson 4y agoCompanies settle lawsuits all the time for claims they believe are meritlesss, for two reasons: 1. Going through a lawsuit all the way to conclusion, even if you win, is a long, expensive process that potentially exposes you to a considerable amount of negative publicity and causes a degree of internal chaos. 2. Juries are unpredictable and even a small chance of a bad outcome may be worth paying to avoid.
- emodendroket 4y agoIf this is to be believed, they've set aside _billions_ for cancer-related claims and pulled the product from the residential market, and there are still questions about the EPA's ruling that it is safe. Definitive, no, but certainly raises serious questions. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/court-rejects-trump-era-epa-finding-that-roundup-weed-killer-is-safe https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/court-rejects-trump-era-...
- omginternets 4y agoYou don’t prove a product is safe. You fail to prove it isn’t.
- dredmorbius 4y agoIn a civil lawsuit, the actual legal standard is "preponderance of evidence". Factor that by cost of defending the case and potential risk of payout in that and future cases as well. A multimillion dollar settlement suggests some doubt on the part of the defendant to establish their case.
- omginternets 4y agoI was speaking scientifically.
- zzzeek 4y agoi was speaking legally
- dredmorbius 4y agoAgreement on terms and context is critical to discussion. (Applies to this entire thread, not just parent comment.)
- dredmorbius 4y ago... and just because this is still bothering me: A surprisingly common form of conversational failure is when two (or more) parties are discussing some matter all with different ideas as to what is being discussed or the context of the discussion. I'd run across a good description of that recently though I can't seem to recall where / find it presently. It's not included in this discussion of Wiio's Laws, though there's enough other material there that's excellent guidance for communication that I'm linking it regardless: https://jkorpela.fi/wiio.html https://jkorpela.fi/wiio.html
- yarg 4y agoIf X is less than the cost of a recall, we don't do one.
- mushbino 4y agoConsidering how much money they have and the size of their very highly paid legal team, I'd say that says a lot.
- foobiekr 4y agoActually, for _most_ products, the best they do is _in different trials it appears safe_. They don't even try and prove the product isn't safe.