Waialua, Hawaii resident Clinton Patterson fell from his electric skateboard in July 2008 and died five days later from his injuries. Now his wife Jennifer is suing the “California-based motorized skateboard manufacturer and its Hawai’i distributor,” according to a story in the Honolulu Advertiser.
The lawsuit alleges that the wheels of the board came in contact with Patterson’s feet or the board, causing an abrupt change in speed and direction, effectively throwing him off the skateboard. The suit claims that the board was poorly designed and built. . . .The electric skateboards are manufactured and sold by Chase Boards LLC in Orange County, Calif. The lawsuit also named Bionic Wheels LLC, a Honolulu-based distributor of the product, as a defendant.
Sad story all the way around.
[Link: Honolulu Advertiser]
The history of action sports is repleat with poorly designed contraptions (remember the old snurfers, with the rope handle on the front?).
I have two words for those pursuing litigation based on injuries sustain while skating, surfing, snowboarding, etc: personal responsibility
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