Woman crippled by Cybex exercise machine wins $66M

[Arnold]

Woman crippled by Cybex exercise machine wins $66M By Donna Goodison A New York woman rendered a quadriplegic after a Cybex weight machine crushed her vertebra won a $66 million jury verdict that threatens to bankrupt the Medway company. Cybex International Inc. said it???s responsible for $49.5 million of the judgment in favor of Natalie [...]

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[Life]

Will she even get that? If the company goes under she probably won't get anything?

I'm kind of on the fence on this one. She was using the machine incorrectly to stretch, how is that Cybex's fault? Not to mention it had been there for 25 years. The machine was older than she was. Granted the footprint should have been designed so that it couldn't have been pulled over but then you'd have someone tripping over it and suing for that.

 

[Jasonva]

Very tragic thing... But man I just don't see how Cybex could possibly be responsible for misuse of a piece of exercise equipment. I mean you probably shouldn't use the leg extension machine for scuba diving as it might cause you to drown.

 

[stan69]

its a shame that it happened..
BUT
people are too sue happy for stupid shit that they do.....

it all started when that dumb chick spilled hot coffee on her crotch at MCDONALDS...
and it never ended there...