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Bacon bonk

CHICAGO — An Illinois federal judge found in favor of a stove manufacturer whose customer smacked his head against the hood of the stove while cooking bacon; he says he should have been warned that the hood was so low. The court says no jury would blame the man’s injuries on a failure to warn when they could instead blame his own hurry to save burning bacon.

Read the ruling here.

Categories / Briefs, Consumers, Personal Injury

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