Oldsailor65 Loc: Iowa

Man Sues Lowe's Home Improvement After Shopping Trip Ends with Bloody Amputation

By Abby Liebing
September 23, 2022 at 4:47pm
A South Carolina man is suing a home improvement store after an accident that resulted in the loss of part of his ring finger.

Mark Johnson was at Lowe’s on James Island, near Charleston, South Carolina, in 2020 when his son got hold of some garden shears, WCSC-TV reported.

At the same moment that Johnson reached for the shears to take them away, his son snapped them shut, cuting off his fingertip, Johnson said.

“I pulled my hand back, and he closed it right as I did that and he snipped the end of my finger off. My finger fell to the ground,” he told WCSC.

He ended up having to have extensive surgery to save the remainder of his finger.

Now, Johnson has sued Lowe’s and Fiskars, the company that manufactured the shears.

Roy Willey, Johnson’s attorney, has said that Lowe’s and Fiskars were negligent in not putting any sort of protection or warning on sharp garden shears.

“Lowe’s has a responsibility to keep its premise reasonably safe. And here, we know exactly what could’ve been done—a very cheap fix—plastic covers over the blade, a tie strap, which they sell by the thousands. [There are] very easy, cheap fixes in order to make this store more safe, which should be the priority of any store owner,” Willey said in the interview.

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Willey also told the news station that even now, two years after the accident, Lowe’s still has the same display out, without any protective equipment to prevent further injuries.

The attorney said other manufacturers take safety precautions when packaging and displaying equipment with sharp blades or dangerous parts to prevent injuries.


“[T]here’s other products—Craftsman and other brands—that do protect the blades on the product. And it’s not expensive to do and it’s not hard to do, but they just flat out refused to do it,” Willey told WCSC.

Lowe’s and Fiskars have denied any sort of liability, according to Willey.

Lowe’s has also not made any public comments on the accident or the lawsuit that stemmed from it, WCSC reported.

Litigation in the case is still pending.

Johnson said the accident with the shears still haunts him.

“I would lay there at night thinking, ‘What if it took the whole finger? What if it took four fingers?,” Johnson told WCSC.

“‘What if it took my hand? What if it hit my wrist?’ I just kept playing it over and over and over in my head,” he added.

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liberalhunter Loc: Your mom's house

Well...... if the boy was big enough to be finger printing everything in reach under dad's supervision one could conclude he was damn old enough to know better...... shears don't guide like melted butter either so the son wasn't a tiny child and able to operate them.... slam them shut I believe the dad said.... hmmmmmm..... plus I personally know they are displayed upright about 42" to the bottom handles with the noses strait up.....

Lowes should sue the man for being an idiot... call CPS and report the dumbass for not supervising his charge while in a dangerous environment..... the 1000s of signage posted in 2 languages is a fairly obvious indication there are hazards, couple that with the little pictures of " don't do's" little red dead men in circles with a line through it if you do this speaks every language known.....past and present.

I say rack em' lower....... good way to cull dumbass parents

TexaCan Loc: Homeward Bound!

This seems to be the world we’re living in……….Blame someone else, never take the responsibility for your own actions! 👿

Oldsailor65 Loc: Iowa

son of witless

He will win the lawsuit, but he took his son into where sharp dangerous tools were on display and failed to properly supervise this kid. I've seen kids like this. You have to watch them like a hawk. Thank God the kid didn't cut his own finger off.

F.D.R.

This jerk of a 'dad' just learned the hard way to keep an eye on his little spoiled brat, and of course, it's everybody else's fault. The kid should have aimed lower.

Oldsailor65 Loc: Iowa

hygrometer3

This was a set-up to collect money from Lowe's--No one is that dumb to stick your finger in the shears to see how sharp there are and then tell your kid to snap them closed--Wow--that worked--it should cut a good size branch--Good one son?? That really hurt--what a moron??

Bassman65

I think Lowes should sue him, he is suppose to be the parent,this is a epic failure on his part!

son of witless

I agree. It was an unfortunate accident. If it happened to me, I would reason it was my fault and write it off to experience. Who amongst us hasn't done something really stupid at one time or another ? I would also be grateful to God that the Child was not injured.

okie don

He probably won't recover and damages because his son injured him.
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One of the all time craziest awards was the hot coffee spill on a woman's legs. I think it was a McDonald's. Said coffee too hot.
Lots of crazy ambulance Chasers out there filing stupid suits.

son of witless

What do you call 10,000 lawyers chained to the bottom of the ocean ? A good start.