Re: Company Sued Over Washing Machine Death


tiny dancer wrote:
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>
> I think any piece of equipment, especially one that is used by the public,
> should have a cut off switch. One should be able to stop the machine while
> it's in it's cycle. We can even stop our self-cleaning ovens once the
> process has begun. Doesn't mean we can actually *open* the oven door until
> it cools down, but there should be a cut off switch for emergencies.
>
> Of course the child shouldn't have climbed into the washing machine, and the
> brother shouldn't have slammed the door shut, but kids do stupid things all
> the time. Three little boys climbed into a truck of a car too. Little kids
> sit on escalators and ride them down, getting their clothes tangled into the
> floor of the escalator causing them to strangle themselves. They shouldn't
> be *sitting* on the moving steps either. IMO, there should be ways to stop
> a piece of machinery in emergencies.
>
> When kids do stupid stuff, what should we do, just throw our hands up in the
> air and say 'they shouldn't have done it'? Heavy machinery/equipment, needs
> to have some sort of cut off switch.
>
> td

If the washer had a cut-off switch that stopped it but didn't allow it
to open, the child might still have died, depending on how much water
and/or oxygen were in the machine, and whether the child was conscious.

I admire your passion, tiny, but this is a terrible and tragic
accident. Sometimes death happens. And unless we're going to seal
every child in bubble wrap and lock them in their rooms, some of them
are going to be victims of tragedies. The question in the case of
product liability is, did it function as intended and cause injury
and/or death? In this case, it was being used as an amusement park
ride, and that's not the manufacturer's responsibility.

BTW, last night I went to our local laundromat and used a triple-loader
to wash the kids' comforters. I was able to put the coins in with the
door open, and push the coin slide in. The coins were accepted, but
the water didn't start until I slammed the door shut. Obviously, had I
walked off, the situation could have repeated itself.

scooter34

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