We’ve expounded on the dangers of all terrain vehicles in this space for several years.
ATVs are top-heavy and tend to roll with only the slightest provocation, and riders and passengers are easily thrown.
Now another danger has become apparent: that of over-zealous employees.
A Hardin County, Texas man has sued Modica Brothers, a southeast Texas tire store, for negligence after the Polaris ATV he was riding in flipped in the parking lot.
According to the lawsuit, the “employee started driving recklessly in the parking lot when the ATV flipped causing injuries to the Plaintiff.”
The customer sustained injuries including mental anguish, physical impairment and disfigurement; incurred medical costs; and lost wages, and lost his earning capacity, the complaint says.
No word on whether or not the man actually bought the tires he’d been taken to see.