A Manhattan doctor who tripped and fell while jogging filed a $10 million suit against Nike yesterday, saying her sneakers were so badly designed, they caused the spill.
Dr. Deborah Faryniarz damaged a ligament in her wrist in the accident, which has left her career as an orthopedic surgeon in jeopardy, the suit in Manhattan federal court says.
She was running on the East Side in a pair of Nike Certitude cross-trainers last April when a lace from her right sneaker hooked on a back leather tab on her left sneaker, the suit says.
“She tripped, caught herself, and injured her right wrist,” said her lawyer, James Kreindler. “She didn’t trip on her shoelaces — her sneakers had a defect that caused her to trip.”
Kreindler said the company eventually changed the unsafe sneaker’s tabs, making them of soft plastic less likely to snag a lace.
Nike officials could not be reached for comment.