LONG ISLAND, N.Y. -- A software engineer on Long Island is without a thumb after the self-closing doors on his $70,000 BMW chopped it off, and now, he's taking the automaker to court. Godwin Boateng ...

A Long Island man’s $70,000 dream car turned into a nightmare when the luxury ride’s self-closing door chopped off his right thumb. Now victim Godwin Boateng sometimes wears a fake digit from a $3 ...

Advanced technology is all well and good, but sometimes, it can cause trouble. That's exactly what Godwin Boateng said happened to him with his BMW's soft-close doors. After one took the tip of his ...

BMW is being sued by a BMW X5 owner, after his right thumb was severed by his luxury SUV’s self-closing door, reports the New York Post. On July 6, 2016, 61-year-old Godwin Boateng, was reportedly ...

In a case that might have some BMW owners rethinking their love for the finer things, a 2013 X5 owner has emerged victorious—and thumbless, but $1.9 million richer—after winning a lawsuit against the ...

BMW’s “soft close automatic doors” were introduced in 2002 and billed as a luxury feature for drivers trying to step out of tight parking spaces. It works by using a sensor and an electric motor that ...

A software engineer in Long Island, New York, claims the automatic door on his BMW X5 chopped off his right thumb, and now he is suing the luxury auto manufacturer. The severing occurred on July 6, ...

BMW has failed in its attempt to overturn a jury’s decision that awarded a man $1.9 million in damages after the soft-close door of his X5 partially severed his thumb. The case, which stretches back ...

VALLEY STREAM, Long Island (WABC) -- A software engineer on Long Island is without a thumb after the self-closing doors on his $70,000 BMW chopped it off, and now, he's taking the automaker to court.

LONG ISLAND, N.Y. -- A software engineer on Long Island is without a thumb after the self-closing doors on his $70,000 BMW chopped it off, and now, he's taking the automaker to court. Godwin Boateng ...