The family of Ryan Furtado claims his Peloton bike killed him just six months after he purchased it.
just six months after buying it, but the company insists that his own negligence caused his death, according to a lawsuit filed in state court.on Jan. 13, 2022 when he disembarked to complete a few exercises on the floor, the lawsuit states.
When Furtado was getting up, he grabbed onto the bike to assist him, but it soon “spun around” and hit his neck and face, severing his carotid artery and “killing him instantly,” the lawsuit charges. When members of the New York Police Department responded to his home, the bike was still on top of his neck and face, the suit states. It had been purchased just six months earlier in July 2021.
The lawsuit, filed in March 2023 in Brooklyn civil Supreme Court by Furtado’s mother Johanna Furtado, is several months old. But it was brought to light by theby Peloton’s treadmill in March 2021, Furtado’s death is the first known fatality linked to the company’s ultra-popular exercise bike.In a statement Thursday, Peloton spokesman Ben Boyd said, “We offer our deepest sympathy and condolences to the Furtado family for this unfortunate accident.
Furtado’s mother charges that her son’s bike was “defective and unreasonably dangerous in design, instruction, and warning.” She’s seeking unspecified damages.“Upon information and belief, the incident giving rise to this action was caused by the negligence or other culpable conduct of one or more parties for which Peloton is not responsible, and, therefore, Peloton is not legally responsible,” Peloton’s response to the lawsuit, filed on April 17, states.
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