Mount Prospect's Bosch sued over table saw

A Chicago man sued Mount Prospect's Bosch Tool Corp. Wednesday over being injured by what he charged was an unnecessarily unsafe table saw.

The suit, filed by Marek Kolowski in Cook County Circuit Court, said he was injured by a Bosch table saw on a job site in September 2008 causing unspecified "severe and permanent" injuries. Kolowski charged that Bosch was aware of technological advances such as a guard mechanism or a flesh-detecting braking device since at least 2000 and "colluded with its competitors and others in the power-tool industry to keep those alternatives off the market."

The suit also charged that Bosch "has also actively lobbied the Consumer Protection Safety Commission to prevent the adoption of flesh-detecting systems as a safety standard on table saws."

A Bosch spokesman did not return a call for comment.

The suit claimed negligence and product liability and seeks more than $30,000 in damages.