Plaintiff’s lawsuit stalled for three years over quick release hubs on a bike.

However, his bike was all ready 15 years old when he broke it.

A plaintiff is suing a Santa Fe bicycle shop in Federal District Court for his injuries when his front wheel left his bike while riding on a motocross course. At the time, 2003, his bike was 15 years old. The plaintiff purchased the bike in 1988. At the time, front forks were straight with no notches (lawyer lips) to hold the wheel on if the quick release was not on correctly.

The delays have occurred because the plaintiff sued the bike shot where he bought the bike. The bike shop is attempting to bring in the manufacture of the bike and components as third party defendants to help offset any of the costs or damages awarded. This was incorrectly identified in the article as indemnification.

The issue is how many times since 1988 has the front wheel been off the bike since the plaintiff bought the bike and who put the wheel back on the bike? If the plaintiff put his own front wheel on the bike and that is why if fell off, then you should learn from your mistakes.

In this case, the plaintiff is attempting to hold someone else liable if he was responsible for putting the wheel on incorrectly. Although the plaintiff went over his handlebars during the accident, he has regained all motion except for loss of range of motion and has acid reflux from being in a body cast for six months.

This case has probably created worse ailments for the owner of the bike shop!

See Lawsuit against S.F. bicycle shop sees delays.