The father of a young boy is suing a tractor manufacturer after the boy lost part of his right foot due to the tractor's alleged faulty design.
According to the complaint, the boy was visiting his maternal grandparents in Oswego where the grandfather was operating a Kubota Land and Garden Tractor and Kubota Rotary Mower when it malfunctioned and amputated a portion of the boy's right foot.
The plaintiffs assert that Kubota was negligent when it, among other things, "failed to design the tractor and/or mower with a means that prevented reverse driver operation with powered blades" and "should have known of the danger associated with the reverse operation of the tractor and mower, particularly when young children were present in family residential settings."
Read the complaint after the jump.
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2 Comments
borg said:
gramps backs over boys foot with the mower, so they sue the tractor company for manufacturing a mower that, well, mows? Heck, I didn't even know that some mowers don't mow in reverse. To think anyone might find the company negligent because they weren't emphatic enough that their mower mows - even in reverse - is just goofy. Tractors and mowers have never mixed safely with children and I don't expect to wake up tomorrow and find that they do. I'm pretty sure my grandfather use to shout 'be careful back there or you'll loose a foot!"
anthony bozeman said:
Kids don't belong on or near any moving machine with blade I feel sorry for the kid put the adult at the time should have know better and taken the proper care.
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