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Hawaii Five-0 actor died after medical company dropped him during transport, lawsuit alleges
(www.independent.co.uk)
this post was submitted on 06 Oct 2025
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I don't I agree that the point stands
If an elevator is rated for 1500lbs and fails with 1000lbs of people on it, I'm not absolving the operators and maintainers and somehow blaming the 7 people on the elevator for not magically knowing the "true" safe limit was 6.
If he was too large for the equipment, the company shouldn't have made the attempt. It was thier fault.
If he was not too large and the equipment failed due to improper usage or maintenance, it again was the company's fault.
If he was not too large and the equipment was properly operated and maintained, it was the fault of the manufacturer.
There are a great many ways that people (overweight or not) can be ultimately responsible for thier own deaths. This is not one of those cases. I believe it is dismissive and callous to jump to the conclusion that it was.