A man whose son was crushed to death by a soda vending machine has filed a 500 000 wrongful-death lawsuit against the company that manufactured the machine The 27-year-old man apparently rocked the machine which fell pinning him against a wall and crushing his chest The father decided to sue after learning that his son`s death was not an isolated incident The penalty for jiggling a machine to get a quarter out or a free Coke shouldn`t be death said the man`s lawyer The US Consumer Product Safety Commission found that between 1978 and 1995 at least 37 deaths and 113 injuries resulted from falling vending machines which can weigh 1 000 pounds

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