The Bridgeport Superior Court should be disbanded. Here we have a university student who voluntarily hops aboard one of these things, doesn’t wear a helmet, agrees to operate it with a blindfold, and falls off. The court blames the manufacturer and two of its employees. This one has dumb ass written all over it.
No kidding what a crock o crud, you want to know why insurance rates are so high, because were insuring stupidity like this. REALLY 10MM for being a dumbass. Awesome another precident for some other moron to come along and say their entitled to.
Jester & Others interested, Here’s the “Rest of the Story”
Segway designed and ran a contest at the demonstration. Participants were required to run an obstacle course blindfolded and no safety gear was available at the time of the contest. This violated Segway’s own safety warnings/guidelines.
Furthermore he was not even the first injure that day from the contest.
This incident was a slam dunk case, the jury likely awarded so much simply because of the extreme gross stupidity over the PR guys who thought up this.
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The Bridgeport Superior Court should be disbanded. Here we have a university student who voluntarily hops aboard one of these things, doesn’t wear a helmet, agrees to operate it with a blindfold, and falls off. The court blames the manufacturer and two of its employees. This one has dumb ass written all over it.
No kidding what a crock o crud, you want to know why insurance rates are so high, because were insuring stupidity like this. REALLY 10MM for being a dumbass. Awesome another precident for some other moron to come along and say their entitled to.
This is a verdict I actually agree with. Company reps were INSANE for letting him ride it blindfolded. Asinine!
Jester & Others interested, Here’s the “Rest of the Story”
Segway designed and ran a contest at the demonstration. Participants were required to run an obstacle course blindfolded and no safety gear was available at the time of the contest. This violated Segway’s own safety warnings/guidelines.
Furthermore he was not even the first injure that day from the contest.
This incident was a slam dunk case, the jury likely awarded so much simply because of the extreme gross stupidity over the PR guys who thought up this.
Really? The employees of course said “do it this way, it’s perfectly safe”. Company got what’s coming to them.