Wednesday letters: Lawyers making yard work more dangerous

I recently had occasion to purchase a gas can for my yard equipment because I inadvertently ruined the cap to my Blitz can that I had owned for many years and had used successfully without incident. I searched for another Blitz, only to find that it was no longer being sold due to the demise of the manufacturer.

Each time I have used the new can, I have cursed the unknown factor that caused this calamity, because I have never actually been able to pour gas out of the can without removing the spout and using a funnel.

Now I read with great interest an article in The State indicating that it is a pair of lawyers in my own home town that I may thank for being the catalyst for the financial failure of Blitz (“We want to get rid of the case,” May 3).

Perhaps they will consider representing me when I catch fire due to the increased hazard of using this newly designed, inept, Rube Goldberg-type, re-engineered poor excuse for a gas can. There is a whole new company out there that they might be able to litigate against and, possibly put it, too, out of business.

Lexington

This story was originally published May 12, 2015 at 7:51 PM with the headline "Wednesday letters: Lawyers making yard work more dangerous."