Is This A Lawsuit?

Ok so I have a mutual friend and he had a can of Campbells Chunky Soup Pull Tab and he opened the can and when he pulled the tab off the tab sliced his index finger all the way down to his bone, he spent 6+ hours in the emergency room and found out he had to have surgery on his hand because it had cut some kind of artery. Im not sure im not a doctor. So don't judge but we when we were in the ER with him we wondered if there was a warning label or caution label on the tab of the can of soup. We went to his house and looked at the tab and there was no label containing a sharp edge caution. But when we got back from the hospital we looked at the can and seen it had in small print that the can had a label of a sharp edge by the directions. Doesn't the label have to be on the cautionary item by law? Hes not tryin to suck money out its just that his hospital bill is reaching into 5 dighits. And on top of that he has no insurance. If you know if there is something there please answer. Thank

If he does sue, make sure it's just to cover the hospital bill and not like a million dollars. That's just frivolous.

It's very difficult to win product liability cases. And there is a general understanding in law that you have to be self-aware and responsible for your own actions. He would undoubtedly be held partly to blame in this case, even if any product liability attached - and that would be difficult to prove.

You might find a lawyer to take the case on contingency, but basically, what you have here is a case of sh*t happens, so get over it.

That's a question for a real lawyer not here. I bet if you call around you will find someone that will answer it for you.

Basically people can sue for almost anything. Many cases have been won in such situations, such as the "hot coffee" McDonald case. It is possible to sue if there are no warning labels i would think.. That is why there are so many warnings on items, they do this to cover people's actions. People should know that a lid to a can is sharp, but the law is a changing thing and if you find a lawyer that thinks you have a case it would be up to a judge to see if your case warrants a trial.

What you are inquiring is that a person of average intelligence would have difficulties in understanding that if you touch a Sharp object you could cut your finger.
In law, and the "Natural Law Of Justice" and in accordance with the Tort Law test of "Reasonable Man ", before there is a chance your tort lawsuit will succeed you must ask the following question: Does a man of voting age require special instruction not to put his hand on a hot stove?, should that "reasonable person" be able to understand that they would burn their hand as result? If you answered that sane person of voting age doesn't understand that if you play with fire you will burn. I suggest that you would be deemed by the courts,by reason of being "Mentally Challenged" or "Insanity" , to be incapable to take care of yourself ,and therefore should be committed to a permanent care facility

So he's pulling open a metal can with a metal lid and he probably has done this dozens of times before and yet he still didn't think "Oh my, this might be sharp, I better be careful".

When are people going to take responsibility for their own actions? When are people going to use common sense. 30 years ago if that happened we would have paid the hospital and learned to be more careful. Now society thinks that because the pop top didn't have a picture of a severed hand and big red letters saying "BE CAREFUL STUPID!!" on it the company is liable.

Don't forget to sue the maker of the can, the farmer that grew the vegetables in the can and the rancher that raised the beef, the supplier of the grain that fed the cow, the truck driver that transported the feed to the ranch supply store, and oh yes the maker of the pan he was going to heat it in and the make of the stove as well as the gas or electric company that supplies the power for the stove.

Did I cover it all or do you want a warning label first?