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Posted on 09/08/2023 5:51:36 PM PDT by simpson96
The family of a New York man who died last year claims that he was killed by his Peloton bike in a new lawsuit obtained by the Daily Beast.
The mother of 32-year-old Ryan Furtado alleged in the lawsuit, which is available to view on the outlet’s website, that he was doing a “core” workout on the bike in January 2022, which required him to get off the bike and continue exercises on the floor.
Furtado’s mother, Johanna Furtado, claimed that once he was done with the exercises, he “used the bike to assist him in getting up,” but the bike “spun around” hitting him on his face and neck “severing a carotid artery in his neck killing him instantly.”
She claimed in the lawsuit that when the New York Police Department found him in his apartment with the bike — which was purchased by Furtado just six months prior in July 2021 — it was still resting on his neck and face.
Johanna alleged that there was only a single warning label on the bike’s front leg that the bike could cause injury if used to “pull oneself up from the floor during a workout,” and Peloton should have more adequately warned against the “foreseeable misuse” that people would do exactly that.
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Search function works AFAIK!
This looks like a later or updated version of spinner bikes.
“ that he was doing a “core” workout on the bike in January 2022, which required him to get off the bike and continue exercises on the floor.
Furtado’s mother, Johanna Furtado, claimed that once he was done with the exercises, he “used the bike to assist him in getting up,”
Another frivolous lawsuit.
Was he on Obama’s staff too?
That’s no ordinary trainer.
That bike is dynomite!
“I told you”
Or was Obama on his?
How is it that his Mom knows so much about his exercise routine? Was she there when it happened? Was he streaming his fitness workout to her?
Most likely, the bike was instrumental in his death, but there is little proof that the blame falls on the manufacturer. The suggested routines are just that, only suggestions. Sometimes, tragic accidents to happen to people we care about. That does not have to mean it was the ‘fault’ of some bike company.
They are very expensive. Not my cup of tea.
I think there was a Columbo episode like that.
Obviously they needed to hire ladder company lawyers to write ten warning labels. Those ladder company lawyers know what they are doing when it comes to warning labels.
I believe this company is ‘woke’.
This is kind of mean, but I can imagine that happening to Joe Biden.
Yep, Furtado misused the equipment despite a warning label saying not to do what he did. Case dismissed with prejudice. And bailiff, whack the plaintiff’s lawyer’s pee-pee.
Ha ha
The local YMCA was getting new ones, so I bought one at half price,about $200 as I recall. I used in sparingly for a few years and then sold it for $150.
I now use a treadmill purchased on sale from Wal-Mart.
Stupid accident.
Peloton not responsible.
“Get yer damn hands off me! Ain’t you ever seen a criminal before?”
I’ve been telling folks for years that exercise will kill you.
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