How does the following excerpt from a classroom speech violate the guidelines for using statistics in your textbook? one magazine reports that u. s. consumers pay more than $300 billion a year on products to cover the manufacturers' liability costs. this amounts to a staggering $4,000 per household. on a specific basis, the product liability costs account for $11.50 of every $12 dose of vaccine we give our children, and over $100 of the cost of a football helmet.