Tyman1

I question the practice of taping the horizontal seams in housewrap. It seems to me that this violates one the golden rules of weatherizing: Allow water to drain.

With the piece above lapping over the piece below, taping this seam creates a pocket that could trap water. The water then can only travel horizontally until it reaches a vertical seam where it either get's trapped again or seeps behind the adjacent sheet to bare sheating.

This story makes me sick! Once again, an idiot is rewarded for his stupidity and a reputable tool manufacturer whose tools (and thier accompanying safety features) are usual and customary, on par with the rest of the industry is punished. Note that there was apparently no permanent injury to speak of. The man suffered only cuts to his hands yet was awarded 1.5 million!!?!?! What is the money covering? This guy wouldn't have MADE 1.5 million in his lifetime.

In other words, IF this was somehow the fault of the manufacturer AND IF Carlos (or Juan or whatever his name is) had died, the award would have been excessive.

This is symptomatic of the very real, and very disturbing trend in this country to remove personal responsability from the equation and reward moronic behavior with corporate cash. The real winner? My guess is the contigency lawyer who filed the lawsuit and took a cool 60% - roughly $850,000