On 1/24/2012 8:26 AM, Han wrote:
Leonlcb11211@swbelldotnet wrote in
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On 1/24/2012 7:48 AM, Han wrote:
Leonlcb11211@swbelldotnet wrote in
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On 1/23/2012 5:49 PM, Swingman wrote:
On 1/23/2012 5:03 PM, Jack wrote:
On 1/21/2012 6:25 PM, Swingman wrote:

Yes, it is expensive to set it off. Cartridge and blade.

You guys are wise. IMO, only a fool, with a single employee who's
job description included operating a table saw, would not have a
SawStop today.

Cheap at fifty times the price ...

Let's see, one guy had 7 false one's in a couple of years and one
grill that nicked a fing-ee that likely happened because of
carelessness brought on by lack of respect enabled by the SS.

$100 for a good blade, $80 for the replacement mechanism, times 8,
times 50... $72,000.

I think it would be close to "not cheap" at fifty times the price,
at least I know no one that would own or use a tsaw with those
sort of numbers mandated.

As an employer, I'd take your $72k for 8 incidents any day over a
jury award of $1.5 million for each incident ... $12,000,000, or
over 1300 times the price.



Ryobi just learned that lesson.

You mean they aren't appealing that decision? That is a crime
against humanity, and an undeserved plum for Gass.

Regardless of the eventual outcome, what has it cost to for defense?

Like it or not, that is the US law system. If it had been a "frivolous"
suit, you could countersue, I think. IANAL!!!

Btw, I like the system in other countries, where you can be forced to
pay the expenses of the winner of a suit, if the winner is the
defendant. But that doesn't apply here (yet?).


On paper that sounds good but jurys are paid off every where and big
business has more money to spend than you or I. We may not be able to
afford to be in the right.