
The family of Eonias Mateo-Perez filed a wrongful death lawsuit after a wood chipper known as “the Intimidator” pulled Mateo-Perez to his gruesome death while he was on the job in central New Jersey.
The incident occurred on July 10, 2024, while Mateo-Perez, who was 22 when he died, was performing landscaping work using a Bandit Industries Intimidator 15XP wood chipper. The family’s attorneys filed the suit on October 21, 2025, in Hunterdon County Superior Court, accusing the machine’s manufacturer and others of negligence and product liability.