Nike Sued for $10 Million Over Jogging Injury

An orthopedic surgeon sued Nike Inc. for $10 million, saying shoes made by the athletic footwear giant tripped her and caused permanent injury. Deborah A. Faryniarz filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, alleging she sustained serious and permanent injuries when she fell last April while jogging. According to the suit, the right shoelace hooked around the back tab of the left sneaker, spilling her onto her wrists and knees. The suit alleges that Nike had known that the Nike Certitude Cross-trainer sneakers were hazardous but failed to fix the flaws. Since the injury, Faryniarz has continued to perform surgeries but has had to ask others to do surgical chores that require mobility in her injured wrist, according to her attorney. Cheryl McCants, a spokeswoman for Nike in Beaverton, Ore., said the company had not yet seen a copy of the suit and was not ready to comment on it. But she said, “In general, people have problems and sometimes don’t tie their shoes properly.”