Posted on 09/08/2023 12:08:36 PM PDT by Red Badger
A New York City man was killed “instantly” when his Peloton exercise bike toppled over and severed an artery in his neck in the middle of a home workout, his mother alleged in a newly reported lawsuit.
Ryan Furtado,32,was found dead by cops in his downtown Brooklyn apartment on Jan. 13, 2022, according to the suit filed in Kings County Supreme Court.
Furtado’s mom alleges that the exercise giant instructs riders to “use the bike for stretching” during its classes — but that “applying pressure on the bike in a pulling and pushing fashion” causes the equipment to “destabilize and fall,” according to the filing.
Further, the suit alleges that Peloton failed to adequately warn riders that pulling themselves up from the floor mid-workout would increase “an unknown risk of injury to the user, such as the case with Ryan.”
“There is only one warning label on the Subject Bike located on the front, right, leg when there should have been more labels attached to the stem and base to adequately warn the user of injury that could occur if the Subject Bike is used to pull oneself up from the floor during a workout,” the filing states. Furtado had been completing one of the exercise giant’s “Core” workouts at the time, which required him to get off the bike to conduct exercises on the floor, claim the court documents filed by his mom, Johanna Furtado.
“When rising from those exercises, Ryan used the bike to assist him in getting up,” the filing states.
“The bike spun around and impacted him on his neck and face severing his carotid artery in his neck killing him instantly.”
When NYPD cops found him, the bike was “still resting on his neck and face,” states the suit, which was filed quietly in March.
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Furtado’s mom alleges that the exercise giant instructs riders to “use the bike for stretching” during its classes — but that “applying pressure on the bike in a pulling and pushing fashion” causes the equipment to “destabilize and fall,” according to the filing.
They look so innocent. Just a harmless piece of gym equipment.
And then one day you're in your kitchen fixing yourself a protein shake. And the bike creeps up behind you and severs your head.
another reason not to exercise.
I always assumed Reid got tuned up by a former business associate named Tony “The Exercise Machine” Mazzarrone.
Probably vaxxed.
Exercise kills.
Rockford Files.
That's a good example of how product liability laws changed manufacturers' furniture designs for the better.
Dresser drawers (and file cabinets) are now designed with interlocks so that only one drawer can open at a time. Some furniture, especially for kids' rooms, now also come with a strap to secure them to the wall behind them.
Drawer Interlock Example:
https://www.lehmann-locks.com/en/central-locking-systems.html
Furniture Anchors:
https://www.amazon.com/furniture-anchors/s?k=furniture+anchors
Knock On Any Door. Good flick for ‘49. John Derek and Humphry Bogart.
So much for Peloton being good for your health! In all our time together, my recliner has never tried to decapitate me!
“Just one more question: Where was the tread mill when this happened?”
When the Godfather tells you it’s time to go you do it.
All the more evidence that exercise kills........
Almost something from the Farside.
One can wish! ;)
Smoking and drinking and rocking a bikini! USED to be the story of my life, Baby! LOL!
I hadn’t heard Rush’s version of Harry’s unfortunate ‘accident.’ D@mn, I miss Rush! I DO take comfort that he and my Dad are burning the midnight oil in Heaven, solving all the problems of the world these days, though.
Uh, Dad? Rush? HURRY UP, LOL!
If the front label was inadequate why have one there at all?
Exercise CAN kill you!
I found that out the hard way when an exercise routine in 1989 blew my mitral valve. Found it when changing a tire and the jack handle slipped hitting me in the head. An examination found I had a broken zygomatic arch AND a swollen heart! So I had heart surgery and have been on warfarin ever since.
Still got the broken zygomatic arch. Must now take tegretol to fight seizures.
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