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>Even experienced people have accidents involving ladders.
More to the point -- falls in the tub can cause (and have caused) serious
injury and death -- does that stop you from bathing or showering?
We experienced one such severe accident in our
family, my wife's grandmother once slipped and fell because extremely hot water
surprised her, and she received severe burns on one thigh from the running
water that she could not stop. This accident occurred at a hotel, and we did not
sue them or even attribute any fault to them, it was just an accident. Now, if I
developed a pathologic fear of bathtubs from this, and the hundreds of similar
incidents that occur each year, would that be the fault of the home
manufacturer's association (i.e. they should pay me huge sums of money) or
should I just "get over it"? I think the latter. I know that I am far better
protected from ionizing radiation than from my own bathtub. As Ruth says, I
just keep showering (my friends and family are thankful), and oddly I don't feel
the need to sue anyone.
Mike
Michael G. Stabin, PhD, CHP
Assistant Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences Vanderbilt University 1161 21st Avenue South Nashville, TN 37232-2675 Phone (615) 343-0068 Fax (615) 322-3764 e-mail michael.g.stabin@vanderbilt.edu internet www.doseinfo-radar.com |