Enter the BlackBerry BlackLash. Embattled CrackBerry-aholics are suing employers for the mishaps and tragedies supposedly caused by the gadget - and they're winning.

No joke. We've posted a warning we received about this not too long ago, and now the addiction chicken has come home to roost. Lawsuits and complaints filed against employers detail how an employee's excessive dependence on the BlackBerry has wrecked marriages, caused near-fatal accidents, sleepless nights, and burned the smooth skin off a baby's bottom. We kid you not on the baby's formerly-smooth bottom. The Independent story we're sourcing this article from mentioned the case of a woman who claims her BlackBerry distractions is the cuase of using cleaning fluid instead of baby oil for her child's nappy. Among many other cases.

Researchers at the University of Northampton have noted that the classic signs of addiction - denial, withdrawal, antisocial behavior - were showing up among heavy BlackBerry users as well. If this doesn't bode well for the users, the employers who provide the gadgets in the first place are off worse. They can now be liable for class-action lawsuits for failing to address this growing addiction, in the same manner as tobacco companies have been sued.

And it's not just the BlackBerry. The Independent also considers a number of other gadgets as potential crack-toys, including the Microsoft Zune and Sony PSP. Geez, I'm going to have to cut down on my PSP usage now... ugh, head hurting, hands shaking... must play PSP...