| Venue: | Ct. App. 4th Cir. |
| Facts: | Hood takes off the blade guard from his miter saw, directly disobeying warnings on the saw and in the manual. He is injured: he didn't expect the blade to fly out at him. |
| Posture: | Summary judgment for defendants at trial. |
| Issue: | Were the warnings adequate? |
| Holding: | Yes. Affirmed. |
| Rule: | A more detailed warning is only warranted if its benefits would outweigh the costs. |
| Reasoning: | There were lots of warnings on this thing. We don't need encyclopedic warnings, just ones that are reasonable under the circumstances. There are many costs to warnings: proliferation reduces the chance that they can all be read and heeded, they might drive off customers, etc. |
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