Man Wins Big Money in Tablesaw Lawsuit

[Steveo48]

wow!

i am amazed at how many people are standing up for the company here.
i am for the little man 100 percent!

Justin, If you know what you are doing, you can operate a saw safely and not get hurt.  I taught woodshop for 13 years and never had a kid get cut by anything worse than a bandsaw and those incidents always involved a kid not following proper procedure.

My only accident with a TS came when I was in a hurry, not paying attention and not using a push stick.  I received a 1/8" cut as a warning.  My fault all the way.

 

[jmbfestool]

A I agree with every one who thinks People Should be responsible for their own actions.  Like USA the UK is becoming a Nannie country where every one is treated like kids and should all be watched and if the person didn't look after you properly you take  legal actiong against them  I think its ridiculous and pathetic and I hate any one who does it I would wanna kill them.

 

[jvsteenb]

I hate any one who does it I would wanna kill them.

Be advised though, that you would be responsible for your own actions....  [wink]

Regards,

Job

 

[jmbfestool]

I hate any one who does it I would wanna kill them.

Be advised though, that you would be responsible for your own actions....  [wink]

Regards,

Job

It will have to over looked  for the good of the country lol

 

[jvsteenb]

That one might just stick, seeing Darwin was an Englishman....  [tongue]

Regards,

Job

 

[Wonderwino]

As a result of this "win," many fine products will never be brought to this litigious market.  I wonder how much SawStop will have to pay the first time one fails?

 

[jvsteenb]

Interesting question....

As a matter of fact, I've scored my left index finger with my japanese pull saw a few days ago. Nothing serious, but annoying nonetheless.

WHY didn't SawStop advertise the availability of the aforementioned technology to
- the manufacturer of this pullsaw
- the shop owner
- the sales person and (even worse)
- the buyer (that would be me) of this hideously dangerous piece of equipment?
Think of all the dangers I've been exposed to in the couple of months I've owned this ridiculous apparatus. It has NO safetyrelated features whatsoever !!! ( apart from the flimsy plastic scabbard, that is... )
The fact that I still own most of my extremities might be considered pure luck, seeing I do work with wood, and use saws a lot.

As SawStop ( being a professional manufacturer of woodsawing equipment ) should know their market and their competition, it's highly unlikely that they were not aware of the availability of these unsafe saws.
Even if they're not obliged to feed information to the competition, one could argue that the failure to properly inform the prospective buyer of any "unsafe" sawing device is a serious omission towards the saw-user "at large".

Had I been properly informed at the time, I might(!) have chosen the Sawstop cabinet saw, instead of the japanese pullsaw... However, this choice was made impossible , since I wasn't properly informed.
The result of this inadequacy is very clear : I scored my finger ! Blood was spilled ! And it can all be traced back to me being inadequately informed - by SawStop that is.

As things go, I don't hold a grudge - that's just not me.  And as long as SawStop acknowledges it's mistake, I'm willing to leave this be and get on with my woodworking life. To compensate for my injuries ( the psychological one being the worst by far ! ) I'm willing to settle for a Sawstop cabinet saw ( 220V please, for I live in Europe ) and a small sum of ( say ) $ 15.000 - seeing that it's only 1% of a recently awarded claim, I feel I'm quite modest here...

With all due respect,

Job

 

[Corwin]

Hey Job,

Careful to not trip over your shoe laces...  Some makers offer slip-on version that may prove much safer.  There are also velcro and zippered models too. 

Yep, not a healthy environment to be in the business of manufacturing anything!

 

[jmbfestool]

Yeah and also be careful not to bang your head on something hard like a kitchen work top or door cabinet or bang your knee into a garden wall or bang your toe into a door  because they can all be made off rubber or have it covered in rubber all round just incase.  Eventually know one can even move in case they knocked into some one and you get taken to court for it