treadmill fall

[berniebing]

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gentleman was on treadmill at sports club; got off treadmill to turn off fan by hitting the pause button on the treadmill; turned off fan; had one foot on treadmill, hand on rail and one foot stepping up to get on the treadmill when the treadmill restarted on its own prior to him hitting the resume button; he must have surgery on his knee; contract with sports club has waiver; possible lawsuits against both health club and treadmill machine manufacturer??

[HomeGuru]

Originally Posted by berniebing

What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state? ny

gentleman was on treadmill at sports club; got off treadmill to turn off fan by hitting the pause button on the treadmill; turned off fan; had one foot on treadmill, hand on rail and one foot stepping up to get on the treadmill when the treadmill restarted on its own prior to him hitting the resume button; he must have surgery on his knee; contract with sports club has waiver; possible lawsuits against both health club and treadmill machine manufacturer??

**A: and who are you in this case?

[teflon_jones]

a couple of questions:

1) who are you in this situation?
2) "treadmill restarted on its own prior to him hitting restart button" - proof? witnesses?

my initial thoughts: health clubs have these waivers exactly for this reason, people can claim this happens, but you work out at your own risk. without proof that it "restarted on its own"? well, there's no proof that anything happened.

[You Are Guilty]

If you want to bring a lawsuit that has even an iota of a chance for success, you'll likely need an enigneer to examine the treadmill at issue to confirm whether it did (or even could) "restart" itself. Absent that, no lawyer would touch it.