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And for what it's worth, if I bought an electrical appliance that was dangerously faulty under proper use, and I suffered injury, I wouldn't regard myself as a quick buck merchant if I sought compensation. What happened to the UK was that it decided no longer to tolerate the quick buck merchants who produced shoddy goods and put consumers in danger. Manufacturers who produce goods which are safe under normal use, and who provide clear and precise instructions on the use of the appliance, aren't vulnerable to ambulance chasers. So, sometimes that means "May contain nuts" has to be printed on a packet of nuts. I'd rather have that than Chinese* toys with sharp metal edges or exploding batteries near my face.

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It's generic American. I'm pretty certain it wouldn't stand up in English law. You can't, as a consumer, be asked to sign away your rights when purchasing something simply by purchasing it. As a supplier, you protect yourself against misuse of potentially dangerous goods by providing clear guidelines on safe use and by ensuring they are safe under normal use.

I'm not sure that's relevant to whether the maker/seller has legal responsibility. I'd consider much more than the list of selling points, but my final choice would have no bearing on whether I could sue the seller, only on which seller I sued.

That's the main reason I didn't think vaping would suit me: it was more complicated than just smoking. Then the complications turned out to be part of the fun.

I have read the thread, thanks. I'm simply pointing out the legal flaws in the artificial defence of selling mods as 'display pieces'. Similarly, selling them without batteries is no defence if they become dangerous when batteries are inserted (and they're clearly designed to have batteries inserted). If the instructions do not make it clear which batteries are safe and which are not, and the circumstances in which batteries might become unsafe, then it really doesn't matter whether it was sold with batteries or not. In fact, selling with batteries, as long as they're the recommended, safe batteries, would be more of a defence, especially if you've made it clear to the buyer that the batteries you've supplied are appropriate and that those are the only type of battery that they should use. If you sell a device designed to take batteries, the user does not take liability simply by inserting batteries: the liability remains with the manufacturer, who has a duty to provide a safe product with clear instructions on how to use it safely and clear warnings on how to avoid risk. It's rarely a good idea to assume that what seems like common sense is therefore how the law sees things. There's rarely any connection between the law and common sense.

Well, it would be 6ml, so that's not the best start.

Doctors in Scotland have apparently pioneered a treatment for C. Diff., which requires that the guts be repopulated with other bacteria. It's good if the bacteria they add are the same as you had before they were all killed and C. Diff. flourished in their place. Fortunately, people in the same family unit, with the same diet, tend to have the same bacteria in their systems. So they take a donation of bacteria from a family member. This donation is in the most easily obtainable form...a stool sample. They liquidise the stool sample and introduce it to the stomach of the patient via a tube down the oesophagus. They feed the patient their relative's liquid poo. I like to remember that whenever I'm dealing with sh!t; at least I'm not dealing with that sh!t.