You probably have one of their gasoline gas cans in your garage, because it has 70 to 75% (or did have) of the portable gas cans sold in the United States. However, Blitz will close its operations today, July 31, which will put 300 employees out of work. Why? What happen? The reason is that the company has spent $30 million defending product-liability suits and owes $3.5 million in lawyer fees. So, the company must have been producing defective cans that split open and spilled gasoline where it could catch fire. No, that would definitely be the logical response. “The lawsuits have involved adult individuals who have used gasoline to start a fire or accelerate a fire.” Even though Blitz's gas cans are imprinted with safety guidelines approved by the American Society for Testing and Materials that clearly state gasoline should never be used to start a fire. However, in this day and age, it does not prevent consumers from ignoring the guidelines and taking the manufacturers of gas cans to court.
So, there you have a company that has been in business for nearly 50 years and because of our present tort system of litigation will now cease to exist. Oh, where do you think those gas cans will now be produced? Can anyone say "CHINA."
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