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Amherst Orthopedic's counsel indicated Cybex will have to pay the entire $66 million judgment before it can seek money from his client.

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Cybex's lawyers pointed out that warning signs outlining proper use of the leg-extension machine were posted next to it, but an eyewitness who would have testified that Ms. Barnhard improperly used the machine to stretch and caused it to tip over was not allowed to testify.

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Ms. Barnhard's attorneys responded that Cybex should have warned users that only 40 pounds of horizontal force was needed to cause the machine to tip and that in the 11 years preceding Barnhard's accident, at least seven tip-over accidents had occurred in the U.S. involving Cybex machines.

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In an ironic twist, producer John Aglialoro's success in filming Atlas Shrugged is overshadowed by a lawsuit he lost with his company, Cybex.

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Just last Thursday, a New York judge formalized a $49.5 million jury award against Cybex in favor of Natalie Barnhard, a 30-year-old woman who was left a quadriplegic after a Cybex leg extension machine fell on her while she was using it to stretch.

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Last Friday, Cybex announced a 19% increase in sales during the first quarter of this year, and it will introduce two new treadmill models this year.

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Last December the jury found Cybex 75 percent liable for the accident; the Amherst clinic 20 percent liable; and Ms. Barnhard 5 percent liable.

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She mixes up her routines, doing an intense aerobic workout using different exercise machines (indoor bike, treadmill, Cybex Arc Trainer, Precor CrossRamp, TreadClimber) for 45-60 minutes three days a week, and two or three other days, she does a cardio workout for 20 minutes and then intense weight training.

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The owner of Cybex, a gym-equipment manufacturer, he bought the rights to make the movie back in 1992 but could never put a studio deal together.

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But he says what happened to Cybex is just another reminder of how difficult it is for U.S. companies to survive and employ people.

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