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A Boston jury recently awarded a man named Carlos Osorio $1.5 million because he screwed up while using a table saw like this. He argued that the saw should use “flesh detection technology” to prevent serious injuries.
The problem is that Mr. Osorio’s injury was completely preventable by Mr. Osorio. Instead of relying on “flesh detection technology,” which the saw was not equipped with, he should have followed the example of most people and not let his bingers get close blade to necessitate the technology. After all, spinning saw blades are pretty scary.
The # 1 rule of using a saw is “be careful” and the #2 rule is “don’t saw your fingers off.” There is no negligence here on the part of Ryobi, the makers of the saw in question. The negligence was squarely on the shoulders of Carlos Osorio. He knew that the spinning blade would cut his fingers off if he messed and and he went ahead and negligently used the saw.
If Osorio thinks that saws should be made with “flesh detection technology”, great! It’s a great business opportunity for Mr. Osorio. He should start a company making safety-table saws and put people like Ryobi and their finger manglers out of business. It’s that simple.
I hope this decision is reversed on appeal and I wish Mr. Osorio well in creating his high-tech finger-protecting table saws.
Please do some research before your mindless rants. That technology has been on the market since 2002 – see sawstop! Also, ryobi made this with no guard, hence the injury. Do your research. Also, this case would not have gone to trial if it so so clear cut, like you say. And a jury would not award money for your dumb reasons – did you sit in on the trial? THINK BEFORE YOU RANT!
This table saw was sold with a guard. The dumb beaner took it off and used the saw in a dangerous fashion. You need to do your homework dumas (Bob).