Massachusetts High Court Affirms $20.6M Award in Slide Death

September 18, 2013

  • September 19, 2013 at 2:06 pm
    mikey says:
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    All those slides indicate not to go down head first. May have been a weight limit too.

  • September 19, 2013 at 2:35 pm
    Don Quixote says:
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    Sorry kids, no more slides for you! The nanny state says the many must pay for the misuse of a product by the few.

  • September 19, 2013 at 2:38 pm
    Huh! says:
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    Punitive damages should go to a special fund to help others, rather than to families of the injured/deceased. That exta money would go a long way in helping victims of natural disasters, those who cannot afford quality health care — in spite of the ACA or Obamacare — and perhaps we could improve primary schools and school curriculum so that more students are capable of reading by the time they graduate.

  • September 19, 2013 at 4:47 pm
    Why the high punitive damages? says:
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    If punitive damages are supposed to be a punishment, I’m pretty sure Toys R Us must have been REALLY bad for selling something in a box! How much is the manufacturer in China chipping in????

    • September 20, 2013 at 2:50 pm
      Baxtor says:
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      Why the high punitive,
      LOL, China is probably laughing at the claim. They will pay nothing. That’s why American companies that buy overseas need to do their research on the product and make sure it’s safe. Yes that will cost them money to do, or they could just buy American and if it goes bad, the manufacturer will pay. They can also request the manufacturer to list them as a vendor on their insurance so they can transfer the liabilty. This is what you get when you deal with China. Maybe the CEO can forgo his bonus this year and pay the punitive damage. Oh wait, he deserves it because he saved the company money by outsourcing to China.
      Pay it Toys R Us and stop whining.

      • September 23, 2013 at 11:45 am
        High Punitive says:
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        Yeah, I know, Baxtor. Was just being facetious. The more I see of these types of settlements, the less I expect anymore.

  • September 20, 2013 at 4:24 pm
    Jeff says:
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    I have a general prolem with punitive damages- not so much with the amount of damages as with the standard to invoke them. Punitive damages are more akin to criminal punishment, but they are invoked with the “balance of evidence” civil threshold instead of the criminal “reasonable doubt.” I think if you are going to punish, it needs to be be for something that is beyond a reasonable doubt. I am not familar with this case, so I don’t know if t would have made a difference.

  • September 23, 2013 at 10:36 am
    Chad Balaamaba says:
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    As usual, we’d love to have more info than provided in this story; I doubt ToysBeWe chose to defend this if this was really a defective slide; I’m trying to picture how much weight a 6 ft inflatable slide is intended to hold…probably not an adult, and then head first…sorry for the tragic loss, but when will people be held accountable for their own less than smart actions?



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