February 20, 2008
More Crocs Escalator Nightmares!
A 7-year-old New York City boy has joined a growing number of children who’ve had the horrifying experience of getting their feet mangled by escalators while wearing popular plastic clogs made by Crocs. The boy’s mother says the accident happened in a Kentucky airport:
”All of a sudden I hear this excruciating screaming from Nicky and I turn around and his little foot is being sucked into the side of the escalator. It's just like chewing up his foot.”Nervous! What a trouper; blind panic and mortal terror would seem more appropriate reactions. The boy’s mother has now contacted escalator-chasing lawyer Andrew Laskin, who is suing Crocs on behalf of a Westchester 3-year-old (and her parents) who sustained “severe and permanent” injuries when a JFK airport escalator devoured her Croc-clad foot.Nicky recalls: "I was very nervous and I thought I was going to die. My foot was in the side and she just yanked it out for some miracle and it worked."
Laskin is seeking $7 million from Crocs, who still refuses to put a warning label on their product, despite widespread reports of similar accidents. He tells WCBS 2 that “If there's a foot in the shoe and it sticks, the rest of the body goes down the escalator and that foot that sticks get sucked into the mechanism of the escalator.”
But just a moment, Moms and Dads: Before you rush to burn all the Crocs in your house, consider donating them to the needy in less advanced countries (where escalators are still just a myth) through the Crocs SolesUnited initiative. And the Crocs FAQ does not mention anything about escalators and Crocs, though it does answer the question, "Can I boil and then eat my Crocs shoes?"
Photo of Crocs clog stuck in escalator by Stephen Wong.
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"...consider donating them to the needy in less advanced countries (where escalators are still just a myth) through the Crocs SolesUnited initiative."
Its one thing to create an environment in these third world countries where a majority of the population is perpetually poor. Its another to force our terrible fashion mistakes upon them where they have little choice but to wear what we send them.
We can do better.
This is a MUCH better solution to what i want to do to Croc wearers.
i hate crocs and everyone that wears them
i hear crocs are comfortable, i also hear uggs are as well, both of which i would never wear based on being too trendy and overpriced.
crocs shouldn't sued, the escalator company should.
Lovely! Absolutely lovely! This kid's mother never took the time to teach her little precious how to use an escalator safely and now it's someone else's fault when little Nicky gets hurt. Why wasn't she watching her kid? Escalators are potentialy dangerous machines unless you pay attention, and make sure that your kids are, too. I'd say that she's an unfit, negligent and neglectful parent. What was she doing at the time, yakking into her cell phone?
Hmm. I don't really understand why crocs would get stuck in an escalator. Can't picture it. Shoelaces and ripped jeans, I can understand.
I don't mind people wearing crocs. They make me look better in comparasion.
Escalators suck, take the stairs fatty. One of the worst examples of "modern convenience".
Actualy, it seems to me a third of the time they are just stairs. You know cause they break so much...
I hate Croc-o-shits too but please, don't burn them. Each burnt Croc-o-shit probably releases several tons of China-sourced hazardous chemicals into the air.
Crocs are functional if you are boating or canoeing, better than getting your sneakers soaked (which don't dry out for days) or wading into brown water and stepping on shards of glass.
I don't see how the shoes were at fault here. Isn't there something about sticking your foot down the side of the escalator that is obvious to all but 1% of humankind? I suppose the more people you have doing something (e.g. riding the escalator) the higher chance some dumbshit will stick their foot in the crevice and get it stuck.
I maybe too much "in the know," but I never heard of these shoes except for the fact that they are a hazard for the escalators. Who else is still buying them thinking anything else?
The yellow paint is there for a reason..
DOESN"T ANYONE F*CKING REALIZE!!!!!!
You need to feed the elevator twice a day!!! IT's in the damn manual that everyone seems to neglect. Well, if these building owners are going to neglect the well being of their elevators, there throwing out the concern for children's delicate feet dressed in crocs. SHIT!!!
Proper elevator foods include: vienna sausages, looza fruit drink, spam, uncle ben's minute rice and bread pudding (I know I was shocked too)
This sue-happy crap needs to stop. Its neither companiy's fault. Watch your kids, watch your own feet, and teach your kids about how to ride the freaking escalator. its not like the shoes magically adhere to only escalator steps or sides, nor do they dissolve your skin -any of those might be a reason to sue. Its not that the escalator has gaping holes or lies in wait for some unsuspecting shoe to eat. Probably the kid was running the rubbery shoe along the side of the metal making it stick and jerk like kids do. Its time people take responsiblity for their own actions. I hope the judge throws out the cases as well as fines the filers and bloodsucking lawyers for frivolous lawsuits. Thats what really needs to happen in this case as well as all the lawsuits of people not being responsible for their own well being. If enough freeloader scumbags had to pay fines for these type lawsuits insteads of looking for a windfall they might think twice.
This sue-happy crap needs to stop. Its neither companiy's fault. Watch your kids, watch your own feet, and teach your kids about how to ride the freaking escalator. its not like the shoes magically adhere to only escalator steps or sides, nor do they dissolve your skin -any of those might be a reason to sue. Its not that the escalator has gaping holes or lies in wait for some unsuspecting shoe to eat. Probably the kid was running the rubbery shoe along the side of the metal making it stick and jerk like kids do. Its time people take responsiblity for their own actions. I hope the judge throws out the cases as well as fines the filers and bloodsucking lawyers for frivolous lawsuits. Thats what really needs to happen in this case as well as all the lawsuits of people not being responsible for their own well being. If enough freeloader scumbags had to pay fines for these type lawsuits insteads of looking for a windfall they might think twice.
*Crocs are functional if you are boating or canoeing, *
agreed, then keep em at the summer house.
Boiled Crocs would be nasty. But, maybe if they were deep fried?? Mmmm.
What? You mean there's an airport in Kentucky that has more than one level? And they have an actual escalator? Really?
I learn so much from this website.
Seems like the escalator company has liability here. There's no such thing as a "no go" zone when you're on an escalator, and no, those yellow lines outlining the steps don't count for shit. You can stand wherever, as long as you're just standing and not horsing around or trying to stick your body parts in places they don't belong.
There's no allegation that the people who were injured on escalators while wearing Crocs were doing anything improper or were in any way using the escalator in a way that it wasn't intended. If the escalator company builds products that mangle the feet of people wearing certain types of shoes then the escalator company is probably at fault and probably needs to change the way it builds those things.
BTW, my mother lost half a finger as a child in an escalator accident. But nobody sued anyone because it was clearly her own fault for playing on an escalator and putting her hands where they didn't belong. That's not the case here though.
"4 out of 5 Crocs, Inc. Customer Service Representatives in this study agreed that even though the shoes had a nice texture and looked tasty; they would not recommend eating the shoes."
4 out of 5 Crocs, Inc. Customer Service Representatives don't know the proper use of semicolons.
crocs are for fags
Like I said before, this happened to me when I was a kid (the escalator eating) and it had nothing to do with Crocs becasue I had on KEDS. And those are still fashionable.
There is a solution: "Deflector brush — a long continuous brush made of stiff bristles runs up the sides of the escalator just above the step level. This helps keep loose garments and curious hands away from the dangerous gap between the moving stairs and the side panel. "
"You can stand wherever, as long as you're just standing and not horsing around or trying to stick your body parts in places they don't belong."
Your body parts don't belong at the edges of the steps.
Crocs clogs are FUGLY but I swear by their flip flops.
They are very light, comfortable and have decent foot support.
"...but I swear by their flip flops."
And I would assume one wouldn't insert a flip flop like a credit card into the slot of an escalator.