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While exercising on a treadmill at the defendant\'s facility, Marshall claimed t

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Question

While exercising on a treadmill at the defendant's facility, Marshall claimed that the treadmill stopped abruptly in the middle of her program (5). After pushing the start button, she alleged that the treadmill restarted at 6.2 mph versus its usual 2.5 mph. Marshall contended that the sudden and unexpected start caused her to be violently thrown from the treadmill, causing severe injuries when her head struck the plexiglass wall behind the treadmill. Nearly 3 years after her injury, Marshall filed a lawsuit claiming that: 1)Bally's negligently failed to maintain safe premises; 2) Life Fitness negligently designed and manufactured the treadmill; and 3) Washington Athletic Repair negligently failed to repair and maintain the treadmill (5, p. 376).

Is there any negligence by Bally's, Life Fitness, or Washington Athletic Repair?

Explanation / Answer

The given scenario highlights that the plaintiff fall and had to face severe injuries due to a failure of the thread mill. This accident can be considered as the failure in the maintenance and repair of the thread mill. The fitness organizations are having the obligations to repair and maintain the fitness equipments and should ensure the proper working so that any sort of injury is eliminated.