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Olympic hopeful Abby Steiner filed a Massachusetts lawsuit alleging Puma's footwear—featuring carbon fiber plates and Nitrofoam—caused severe, permanent injuries that left her unable to compete at the professional or Olympic level, resulting in multiple foot surgeries and an extended break from the sport.
Two-time world champion sprinter Abby Steiner filed a Massachusetts lawsuit accusing Puma and the Mercedes Formula 1 team of crafting defective spikes and shoes that allegedly altered foot mechanics and caused career-ending injuries, seeking medical costs, lost earnings, and other damages.
U.S. track star Abby Steiner filed a lawsuit in Middlesex County Superior Court, Massachusetts, against Puma and Mercedes’ Formula 1 team alleging their running shoes with carbon‑fiber plates and nitrofoam are defective and unsafe, causing injuries that ended her sprint career. The suit names models including Deviate Nitro Elite 2 and 3 and evoSpeed Tokyo Nitro, accuses the defendants of negligent design, manufacturing, and failure to warn, and notes Mercedes’ engineering involvement in track spikes. Steiner wore the shoes with the expectation they were safe and seeks damages under multiple counts, including negligence and breach of warranty, with injuries leading to surgeries by 2025.