Tessica Brown & Gorilla Glue: What You Need to Know
In one of his recent videos, popular TikTok Attorney Ugo Lord advised his followers that they could sue product manufacturers like Gorilla Glue if they suffered injuries owing to product liability defects.
However, there is a significant clause added to that. This was a reaction to the viral video involving a woman who mistakenly used Gorilla Glue adhesive on her hair. The video, posted on TikTok by Tessica Brown, went viral after she claimed she had been unable to get glue off her hair for a month. This is coming after she used Gorilla Glue spray adhesive as a substitute for hair spray.
In the video, Tessica Brown shows her predicament and the Gorilla Glue she applied.
According to Tessica, she usually makes use of her regular got2b hairspray as glue for her hair. Unfortunately, on this day, her got2b had finished. So, she sought an alternative in the house.
Deeming it fit, she decided to use her Gorilla Glue spray adhesive as a substitute for hairspray. Turns out she did not think that through. The result was exactly what you think would happen if you applied glue meant for industrial purposes on your head.
The spray glued her hair to her head, and it appears she has not been able to get the glue off the hair at that time. Well, turns out her hair became an impenetrable helmet.
‘Bad, bad, baaaaaad idea’, she called it.
Other cases regarding misuse of household products
Just like Tessica, there have been reports of misuse of household products by several consumers. This has turned out to be a common issue recently.
Shelley Kofler once published an article on UMMC Miscellaneous, stating that the calls to emergency poison centers included the overuse and misuse of traditional house products. There have been cases of kids accidentally drinking hand sanitizer. Also, some people got sick because they mixed different cleaning products.
For instance, imagine trying to clean your room, and you accidentally mix two strong-smelling things. It can make you feel really yucky. Her kitchen got all smoky because of the strong smell. Also, there’s another report about a lady who wanted to clean her veggies. But instead of using water, she used a very strong-smelling cleaner.
Seeking for help, Tessica posted the video on TikTok, prompting several comments and reactions. Some users showed concern by suggesting different ways for her to get it off (with some even proposing she shave her hair off).
Others expressed their hopes that Tessica sued the manufacturing company of Gorilla Glue, leaving some users wondering if it is actually right and legal for her to sue the manufacturing company.
Attorney Ugo Lord decides to clear this confusion of the possibility of a lawsuit against the manufacturer of the glue.
What does Ugo Lord say about Tessica’s case?
According to Lord, a customer can sue manufacturers and companies if and only if their product injures the customer.
“Now, under a concept known as Strict Product Liability, a manufacturer can be sued if that product injures the customer,” Lord states.
Product liability concept refers to the liability of any or all parties along the chain of manufacture of any product for damage caused by that product. Just like you guessed, it includes the manufacturer.
Three types of product defects can cause Product liability;
Design defects – inherent defects that exist before the product is manufactured;
Manufacturing defects that occur during the production of the product, and;
Marketing defects that deal with not providing proper instructions and warnings to consumers of the dangers of a product. Tessica’s case is almost a case of marketing defects. Yes, almost.
And this is why.
Attorney Ugo Lord, analyzing Tessica’s situation more, points out the clear clause missed by users who are calling to sue the manufacturers of Gorilla glue.
“that customer would have to be using the product as intended,” he adds.
In other words, if a company manufactures a product for cleaning toilets, and a customer uses the product to wash dishes, then there are no legal grounds for the consumer to sue the company. In Tessica’s case, Ugo Lord argues that ‘hair’ and ‘glue’ do not go hand in hand. So, this alone puts her at a disadvantage if she decides to sue the Gorilla Glue adhesive company.
It is a terribly sticky situation.
Reactions to Ugo Lord’s Opinion on Tessica’s case
In the comments under Ugo Lord’s video, many users expressed their utmost disappointment at Tessica, for using the Gorilla Glue adhesive.
“You can’t sue for stupidity,” a user wrote.
“The warning label says to avoid getting the product on your skin and to wash the product off of your skin if the product does get on your skin. Deliberately spraying the product onto your body is doing the exact opposite of what the warning label says,” another user commented.
“Prime example of why warning labels are on products…,” another user commented.
Additionally, another user commented, “She didn’t mistake it for hairspray, she used it as hairspray. There’s a very big difference.”
Some of the users showed their delight at this eye-opener by Ugo Lord’s.
“This is really educating,” a user commented.
Another user added, “Imagine how many companies would face lawsuits over goofy situations like this if that law wasn’t in place,” another user added.
A section of the users showed their concern for her safety, hoping that she found a way to get the glue off with minor injuries.
“Hope she will be OK. Always ask before using something you are not sure about,” a commenter said, to which a user replied that she got thousands in donations and 100% free healthcare to fix her hair.
Pointing a different direction, some commenters explained that Tessica’s situation and video, however, came off as a marketing strategy for Gorilla Glue adhesive.
“Damn that’s some good product marketing right there,” a commenter said.
In addition, another user commented, “After this video went viral, Gorilla Glue sales have skyrocketed. This is a nice way of free ad marketing.”
What do you think? Leave your thoughts in the comment section.