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CONUS Archive
69200
WOMAN LOSES IBM LAWSUIT (03/09/1995)
HASTINGS, MINNESOTA
PKG NO TAG
3/9/1995
41:15
1:10
HASTINGS, MINNESOTA NANCY URBANSKI, LOST LAWSUIT PAT BERG, ST. ANTHONY, MINNESOTA MIKE BINKLEY, REPORTING
PERSON TYPING AT DESK, CU OF KEYBOARD AND PERSON'S HANDS, GRAPHICS, REPORTER VISITING WITH WOMAN IN HER HOME, SOTS
JURY FINDS FOR I-B-M IN TRIAL OVER KEYBOARD INJURY
LEAD: IT'S BEING COMPARED TO THE DAVID AND GOLIATH BATTLE... PITTING AN EAGAN, MINNESOTA SECRETARY AGAINST I-B-M. AND THE OUTCOME COULD AFFECT VIRTUALLY EVERYONE WHO WORKS ON A COMPUTER. REPORTER MIKE BINKLEY HAS THE OUTCOME OF THE TRIAL... SCRIPT: FOR FOUR YEARS, SHE TYPED... FOUR TO SIX HOURS A DAY... UNTIL SHE FELT TOO MUCH PAIN, AND GOT FIRED. BUT NANCY URBANSKI COULDN'T CONVINCE A JURY THAT THE KEYBOARD MAKER HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT. AFTER A TWO MONTH TRIAL, THE JURY TOOK JUST FOUR HOURS TO RULE IN FAVOR OF I-B-M. (SOT) I-B-M MAINTAINED, THESE KEYBOARDS ARE JUST LIKE ANY TOOL... THAT AMERICA DOESN'T NEED WARNING SIGNS FOR OVERUSING SCREWDRIVERS OR RUNNING SHOES. IN A STATEMENT, A COMPANY SPOKESPERSON SAID: "IBM HAS CONSISTENTLY MAINTAINED THERE IS NO CREDIBLE SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE LINKING THE USE OF COMPUTER KEYS WITH INJURY." (SOT) PAT BERG SAYS SHE'S ANOTHER PERSON WHO'S SUFFERED PAINFUL INJURIES, TYPING EIGHT HOURS A DAY... WITH THOUSANDS OF LAWSUITS ALREADY FILED, SHE SAYS THESE WORKERS AREN'T MAKING IT UP. (SOT) (SOT)
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Keywords

LEGAL
MEDICAL
HEALTH
LAWSUIT
IBM
INJURY
TOOL
TRIAL
TECHNOLOGY
COMPUTER KEYBOARD
TYPING
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