Santa Cruz-based Onewheel manufacturer caught in class-action suit
https://www.siliconvalley.com/2022/09/16/santa-cruz-based-onewheel-manufacturer-caught-in-class-action-suit/
SANTA CRUZ — The Santa Cruz-based creator of the motorized Onewheel board is facing a new federal class-action lawsuit related to what three plaintiffs refer to as the equipment’s alleged dangerous sudden stop and “nose-dive” defect.
Attorneys for Raymond Wang, of San Mateo, Devon Holt, of La Mesa, and Jerrod Hunter Nichols, of Edgewater, Florida, filed the suit Sept. 9 in U.S. District Court, Northern District in San Jose. The plaintiffs are seeking an undetermined amount of damages, as decided by jury trial. The complaint details the plaintiffs’ injuries, including being thrown into the street and experiencing scrapes, bruising, a separated shoulder AC joint and a broken arm.