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Is it possible to sue the automobile industry for exhaust fume poisioning?

ShanadeusShanadeus Registered User regular
edited February 2011 in Debate and/or Discourse
It worked against the tobacco industry didn't it (I'm no legal expert but I'm sure these two cases aren't remotely similar but it's the best comparison I could come up with)?

Just need to dig up some facts and research data on the toxicity of car fumes, find a couple of thousands or million people from all over the world that have taken permanent damage from these car fumes and then have the biggest class action lawsuit in the history of man kind!

Would it work?
Should it be done if it could work?

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    edited February 2011
    You would have to show negligence or malfeasance on the part of the automobile manufacturers.

    Tobacco manufacturers weren't successfully sued just for producing a harmful product. They were sued once for lying about how harmful their product is, and again for making their product more harmful (by adding nicotine)

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  • ShanadeusShanadeus Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    I presume that creating engines that produce more exhaust fumes wouldn't count as making a product more harmful?

    I guess a starting point would be to find out what automobile manufactures have claimed in regards to the potential dangers of breathing in the fumes of a car and the total effect of a city being covered in car fumes.

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  • DevoutlyApatheticDevoutlyApathetic Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Yeah, I've never heard an automobile manufacturer talk about how pleasing, relaxing and good for the digestion sucking on the tailpipe of a car is. Until you can find them making some claims like that you're going to have a tough sell.

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    edited February 2011
    Chilling in a closed garage with an idling car sends nutrients straight to your T-zone.

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  • useless4useless4 Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Shanadeus wrote: »
    I presume that creating engines that produce more exhaust fumes wouldn't count as making a product more harmful?

    I guess a starting point would be to find out what automobile manufactures have claimed in regards to the potential dangers of breathing in the fumes of a car and the total effect of a city being covered in car fumes.

    It typically is worded in manuals as "DON'T DO THIS OR YOU WILL PROBABLY DIE"

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