Lawnmowers seem to be getting more and more advanced.
Author: admin31 Oct
But the most advanced lawnmower on the market at this time has to belong to Wal-Mart.
According to 58 year old Joyce Burnside the lawnmower chased her for over 30 feet and cornered her in between some trees. Once the lawnmower had her corned the machine cut off most of Burnside’s left hand, leaving only her thumb and forefinger. Her left elbow was also severely crushed and she endured 18 unsuccessful surgeries in an effort to correct the disfigurement.
The courts awarded her 1.8 million in her case against Wal-Mart. Murry, the manufacturer of the mower filed for bankruptcy.
Since the court believed Mrs. Burnside and felt none of this could be her fault, I have to wonder what happened to the mower.
Will it do time in jail?
Did anyone look into what motivated this mower to turn on Mrs. Burnside?
And will Wal-Mart be looking for less intelligent mowers to sell in the future?
Story and Information came from here.
Archives
- January 2010
- November 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
- January 2009
- October 2008
- September 2008
- August 2008
- June 2008
- May 2008
- April 2008
- February 2008
- December 2007
- November 2007
- September 2007
- August 2007
- June 2007
- April 2007
- January 2007
- November 2006
- October 2006
- September 2006
Categories
- Commercial Lawn Mower
- Conveyor Rollers
- Cub Cadet
- Electric Lawn Mower
- Generator
- Lanscaping
- Lawn Mower Manufacturer
- Adriatica-Grifo
- AEBI
- AerWay
- Agri-Fab
- Agria-Werke GmbH
- AGS
- AL-KO
- Alamo Industrial
- Alkota
- Allen Power Equipment
- Allett Mowers
- Alroh Turf Services
- ALTO
- American Lawnmower Co.
- Ammbusher
- Antonio Carraro
- Ariens
- Briggs & Stratton
- Buhler
- Electric Tractor Corporation
- Flymo
- Friendly Machines
- Giant-Vac
- Honda Power Equipment
- Husqvarna
- John Deere
- McMurtry Ltd.
- Muck-truck
- ROBOT
- Snapper
- StrikeMaster
- Tecumseh
- USPraxis
- Vandermolen
- Lawn Mower Racing
- Lawn Mower Safety
- Lawn Mowers
- Lawnmower Blog
- Lawnmower Injury
- Lawnmower Maintenance
- Leaf Blowers
- Mower DownTime
- Mower Maintenance
- Murray
- Personal
- Reel lawnmowers
- RoboMower
- Robot Lawn Mowers
- Snapper Lawnmowers
- Snow Throwers
- Something Different
Links
- Custom Website designs
- Lawn Mower Blog
- Silicone Wristband
- Artificial Lawn
- Wristbands
- Wordpress Themes
One Response for "Lawnmowers seem to be getting more and more advanced."
My name is Jason Wood, I happen to be the son of Joyce Burnside and a first hand witness to the accident that you have chosen to make light of. I don’t appreciate you using my mother’s accident as a means of ammusing your readers. Maybe the editor of your source was a bit in-articulate, but none the less the accident was no laughing matter, nor are the injuries she suffered or the perminant disfigurment. The mower was defective. It was proven that Murray intentionally removed the safty switch from that model for esthetic reasons and Wal-Mart was aware of this alteration. As far as a lawnmower chasing her, it was rolling in the same direction as she was running. Not an uncommon property of physics.
Leave a reply