RussQ

To add to my previous post, the sawstop technology is a wonderful thing. If a person can afford it, they can buy it. However, it should not be mandated like seatbelts. What about all the other dangerous tools like a lathe grabbing your shirt and pulling you into it? Or a tablesaw, or a jointer? The list is almost endless. Its about personal responsibilty and personal accountability. I am sorry for those injured by power tools, but be honest, you were using them in an unsafe manner(no guards, guides, and/or tired or angry). Maybe you should not step out of the house; oh wait, you could still be electrocuted or fall down the stairs. Then you can sue the electrician who wired your house, the power company the carpenter, the contractor who built the house and God for letting it happen. You cannot protect an idiot from himself, he's too creative.
And finally, you cannot prevent an accident, which by definition, is not preventable.

If anyone has been injured on a non-sawstop table saw, it was their fault, or the fault of their instructor/employer, 100%. I have been outraged by the Osario decision because it held the individual almost totally not responsible and the employer totally not responsible. Where has personal accountability gone in the legal system. A woman buys a cup of coffee at a takeout, puts it between her legs and drives away resulting in the spilling of the coffee and burning of her body. Did the coffee maker hold a gun to her head and tell her to put the hot coffee between her legs and drive? No. Why are they responsible for her stupidity? Why is the saw manufacturer responsible for others stupidity and negligence? You cannot protect idiots from themselves, they're too creative. I can hardly wait until one hurts himself on a sawstop and sues them!

sherpadog
The sawstop saws have been available for a minimum of 5 yrs, so who is responsible if money was not a factor?! The price of these saws has gone from $2000 each to over $3000 over this time. I do not believe that any manufacturer could add this technology for $200 each, the brake cartridges are $70-$80 each as well.
You don't say how your injury occurred, and if you have been a professioal, then you should have known better, a moments lapse in concentration is not the saw's fault, nor is unsafe or incorrect technique that you may have been using for years and your luck finally ran out.
You're another who wants somebody else to pay for your mistake!

Oh, putting a hot cup of coffee between your legs is a good idea? Kind of like texting while driving. Again, personal responsibility?!

I have two questions and one statement for the juries on cases like this and other related bad awards:

1. Personal responsibility-I am responsible for my actions, why aren't others?

2. Where is the right and wrong?

You cannot protect an idiot from himself, he's too creative!