… A 58-year-old district manager for a battery company was using a brand new miter saw to cut molding for his doorways at home. As he was pulling down the saw for his second cut, the metal base broke in half. The rest of the saw with the blade still rotating came down on his hand, slicing off a piece of his left thumb. A lawsuit for this unsafe and defective product was filed against the national chain that sold this power tool. The case settled after documents were exchanged by the parties.
