At a guess, the manual would clearly state
"Do not allow the product to get wet" or whatever the equivalent is in lawyerspeak. It's the kind of standard warning you see in pretty much all consumer electronics - the cute cartoon of the sad-faced VCR being left near an open when it's raining, etc.
So a company lawyer could quite correctly state "Told ya so!".
On and on and on and on,
and on and on and on goes John.