Too Sharp???!?!?!

[Fishhookedatgunpoint]

I am just about to finally get out of college and I had a discussion with one of my prof's that is a lawyer. He was talking about the woman who spilled the hot coffee on herself and sued McDonalds for lots of money. The reason she could was that the coffee was in fact too hot. I asked him after class about my question, and it turned out he is a muskie fisherman too. But my question was "Who is to say that hooks on fishing lures could be "too" sharp” Every day you see packages talking about newer sharper hooks. From a law standpoint though, what is sharp enough to catch a fish and still be safe? I sharpen all my hooks when I get them because they can't be sharp enough...but could this be a court case waiting to happen? Should there be a disclaimer on packages...

woa

Brad Smith

[Fishhookedatgunpoint]

I am just about to finally get out of college and I had a discussion with one of my prof's that is a lawyer. He was talking about the woman who spilled the hot coffee on herself and sued McDonalds for lots of money. The reason she could was that the coffee was in fact too hot. I asked him after class about my question, and it turned out he is a muskie fisherman too. But my question was "Who is to say that hooks on fishing lures could be "too" sharp” Every day you see packages talking about newer sharper hooks. From a law standpoint though, what is sharp enough to catch a fish and still be safe? I sharpen all my hooks when I get them because they can't be sharp enough...but could this be a court case waiting to happen? Should there be a disclaimer on packages...

woa

Brad Smith

OH NOOOOOOOO,
Next they will be selling musky lures minus the hooks and we'll have to install those ourselves! Oh well, most of us resharpen and/or replace the factory hooks anyway... :-) :o :+

OH NOOOOOOOO,
Next they will be selling musky lures minus the hooks and we'll have to install those ourselves! Oh well, most of us resharpen and/or replace the factory hooks anyway... :-) :o :+

[MuskieKid]

Interesting post. Not too long ago my wife and I went to a well known sports store to purchase a gift for me (she decided to let me pick out my own gift for a special occasion). She was looking around and picked up a package. Next thing you know she was telling me that she had been hooked thru the glassine package of hooks that she had picked up. I looked at it and she had been hooked past the barb!! Store personnel were quickly notified and we were off to the hospital where a surgeon numbed her finger and cut the barb and pulled the hook out thru her finger. The store (before we went to the hospital) agree to pay all costs.

Did we pursue it? Most likely she could have collected. However, she was ok afterwards (after some pain and inconvenience)and let it go. The store was genuinely concerned about her welfare (and their money, of course). If they had shown otherwise - perhaps we would have pursued it. It all came down to how they reacted. I still shop there.


Remember...fish don't live in ugly places!

[MuskieKid]

Interesting post. Not too long ago my wife and I went to a well known sports store to purchase a gift for me (she decided to let me pick out my own gift for a special occasion). She was looking around and picked up a package. Next thing you know she was telling me that she had been hooked thru the glassine package of hooks that she had picked up. I looked at it and she had been hooked past the barb!! Store personnel were quickly notified and we were off to the hospital where a surgeon numbed her finger and cut the barb and pulled the hook out thru her finger. The store (before we went to the hospital) agree to pay all costs.

Did we pursue it? Most likely she could have collected. However, she was ok afterwards (after some pain and inconvenience)and let it go. The store was genuinely concerned about her welfare (and their money, of course). If they had shown otherwise - perhaps we would have pursued it. It all came down to how they reacted. I still shop there.


Remember...fish don't live in ugly places!

[Terroreyes]

I sell some special jigs and all my packaging contains warning for lead as well as sharp hooks. Just in case!
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[Terroreyes]

I sell some special jigs and all my packaging contains warning for lead as well as sharp hooks. Just in case!
[br][div align="center"][br][center][br][font color="#3300CC";font face="Roman"; size="+1"][br]When I take to the water [br]there's terror in the [br] [font color="red"; size="+3"; font face="webdings"] N N

This is exactly why most of us have to carry Liability Insurance.

This is exactly why most of us have to carry Liability Insurance.