Fallow up to Harvey’s and others posts about lawsuit in skiing industry

yeah but say he didnt see any ski at your own rist sign or there isnt any and he hadnt snowboarded very often. if he really hastn snowboarded very much he might not know the risks and fuck anybody on this earth would sue if they broke there neck fro anything. it really isnt a logical thought thinkin taht a family wouldnt sue when a kid breaks his neck. i dont care where he was or what he was doing.

 
if you hit the headboard too hard while you were fucking your girlfriend and you broke your neck would you sue her because she doesn't have a label tattoed on her chest that says 'fuck at your own risk?'

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its fuckin common sense man, hmmmm theres a 40 footer there, looks like a big jump, ive only snowboarded a few times im confident in my abilities dur dur durrrr, im gonna hit it, WHOOPS, ouch, it was a dumbass move by the kid, if the jury had a video tape of him snowboarding teh whole day they would have thrown his paralyzed ass out into the gutter pennyless

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yeah but in the court room it doesnt really matter about common sense. isnt it common sense that if all you eat is whoppers that your going to get fat. well one guy sued for getting fat off of fast food. thats common sense. he won by the way

 
he shouldnt have, he should have been on the daily show so everyone could laugh at his fat loser ass

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guys, its the law that you should be blaming. the fact that in our society people can now sue for taking a shit the wrong way is our problem. the guy has an opportunity to make millions, and anyone would take the chance, the face that he gets this opportunity is the problem.



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but i mean he did and that seems a little more pointless and with less common sense than a kid that breaks his neck and sues whistler.

 
^^ I highly doubt the paralyzed kid wants all the money, I'm guessing that it's his greedy ass parents that want the money. They think that money will make things better. Sueing for stlupid shit is the most ridiculous thing ever and class action lawyer should be dragged out into the streets and shot.

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The American Law system most be totally fucked! Last winter I went to whistler for a week. I remember that to get a park pass I had to sign like a hundred places and so did my dad. Outside the park there was tons of signs saying parks are dangerous and shit. Coming from europe Im not used to all of that, they might one little warning outside and thats it.

The kids an idiot for suing, but the legal system is also to blame...

 
a paralized kid doesnt want the money? are you insane he wont have a job for the rest of his life, cant do anytihing for himself, why the hell wouldnt he NEED the money?

 
its were he is getting the money that we are mad about, not that he is getting money.



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you guys are all way too worried... this shits happened so many times before where kids have been seriously hurt, and have sued the living shit out of the resort where the inncident took place... theyre not going to close down terrain parks just because of this kid... so quit worrying and let the kid get his money, and go ski...

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skiing is a dangerous sport. if you arent prepared to deal with the consequences of you actions STAY THE FUCK OFF THE HILL. That kid was at the hill, in the park on his accord. he is 100% responsible for himself. yeah he got a raw deal, but thats LIFE. thems the bricks. deal with it. And if you broke your neck racing, thats your deal too. if you race and you fall, chances are you'll get hurt. duh. use your fucking head. And if you cant handle that, do us all a favor and STAY THE FUCK OFF THE HILL. Its dumbshits like you that make ski hill insurance so high. Nobody is gonna wipe your ass for you. if you or I get hurt, that sucks but you NOBODY to blame but yourself.

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if everybody sued when they had a chance, i garuntee that everybody would be rich

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a lot of you people here just totally amazed me in this thread...the kid is fucking paralyzed, how you would feel if you were paralyzed ? how would you feel if people you didnt know sent you all this shit about DIE YOU GREEDY FUCKER !!! being paralyzed like that is almost worse than dying, im sitting in a full leg cast from breaking my leg first day of ski camp. i cant easily go and do shit, it blows, now he is even worse than me and its for the rest of his life. he went to the resort as a minor ( being 17, vtrider was right in the court they reall y couldnt give a fuck about his resposibility...in the court under 18 is a minor and doesnt need to take the responsibility of his actions. now in the other cases wehre they did sentence say the 12 year old, thats becuase he brutally murdered his mother..lil different from murdering yorue own mother and being too new at a sport to judge if the jumps too big for you dont you think ?) what else, oh yea if im right he isnt only sueing whistler for money, but also his own school. and he doesnt have the intentions of shutting down all the parks in the whole fucking world (not like that will even happen, fucking be realistic here dumbasses) whistlers insurance will go up, thats that and maybe theyll tone down on the park a little then but being that its whistler...no way in fucking hell are htey just totally gonig to drop all of their parks and shit you guys need to think a lil bit more in the real world forget that youre skiers for justa couple minutes and think about this, this kid is fucking paralyzed from an unfortunate incident, tell me you never risked something in youre life. thats what this kid did and it didnt come out to his favor. you ignorant fucks, have some pity for the kid,

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^ thank you, finally someone who has half a brain and is somewhat mature. This is fucking life we are dealing with here folks. Whould you rather die, or see terrain parks have stricter rules?

 
heres the latest on this...being he is paralyzed...he wont be able to do shit...but that doesnt mean he doesnt need attention...he cant just sit at home all day like any other kid, while his parents work...someone is gonna have to stay there all the time with him. that 164000 a year i think someone said, is not a ton in this situation. there will be insane medical bills, being that he will probably have to go to the doctor quite a bit. and just...everything. his life is changed...forever. he doesnt have the chance to go work at mcdonalds like all you to make money. so give him a break. if you were to be on a carnival ride, that broke and crashed...would you sue? i mean, you did know the risks involved with riding it. but shit...i guess since its not skiing, it doesnt have anything to do with this now does it?

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yes i agree it is horrible for the kid but one kids ruined life should not force 2 whole entire unique sports to retreat to the underground, its just not worht it

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linemaverick get yorue head out of youre ass and realize that this one lawsuit will not bring down the entire ski and snowboard communities...if any of you think that this will actually happen, youre a retard

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thats true, but if this shit starts happening everywhere it could royaly fuck resorts, like moe said, the fact that he gets a chance to sue is fucked up

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they are not going to close terrain parks because of this kid. but what pisses me off is that he made the mistake, no one else but him. no one forced him to go off the jump and he knew what was possible if he did. if i had only skied a few days and i did something like that, i would feel like such a moron. its just another excuse to sue because of something that is your own damn fault. i hope that he loses the case and if he wins i hope the money is stolen.

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you hope that he doesnt get the money so he doenst have any money to pay all the millions of dollars of medical fees ? believe me all his shits going to cost millions...just for like 45 miles in an ambulance it cost me almost 2 grand, hospitals dont fuck around with money...he needs that monmey

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the kid is american or canadian?? ause you know you do not have to pay that much in canada when you are in the hospital, yea, the kid ruined his life but he can still get a job, there are a lot of physicaly disabled people who works in north america.

do you need to be able to walk to answer a handfree phone??? people are getting paid more then dish washer and shit to do that, and im sure it would be easier for a kid that is paralysed to get that kind of jb cause yea, people will want to help...

It's sad, but having a life as a paraplegic is still worth living it.

It's just like if you been sent in africa when you planned to go to whistler.. at first, it be helll, but there are a couple of nice things to see in africa too that people in whistler will never have the chance to see

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ced, youd prob need yorue hands to operate the phone...he doesnt have movement of anything lower than his neck so unless they can make like a phone or somet kinda job where hes using his face and onl his face then he could get a job

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'but if this shit starts happening everywhere it could royaly fuck resorts' HA! every ski resort in america would be more then happy to tare down there parks, just for the money that they would save in insurance! go to your local hill and ask what they pay for insurance and what it would be without terrrain features. its such a huge differance its disgusting. and its not like park riders are really bringing in the money for resorts.

 
too bad he didn't die, you can't give a dead man money. but I mean if we all look at the positive it's one less poser snowboarder on the hill.

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i'm goin to reiterate what eric said above...'people need to take responsibility for their actions'...i totally agree, nowadays everything is someone elses fault..if ur stupid blame it on ADD or ADHD..not urself or lack of effort, if someone hurts themself on the hill what right do they have to sue the resort? he boarded into the park he decided for himself he was going to hit that jump and he had control of himself until he flew into the air. like someone else said back in the day everyone got along fine because u were considered a pussy if u couldn't handle ur own problems and that should make a come back, back in the day dads taught their kids to be tuff and not to take shit and to handle their own problems but nowadays we have super-moms making their kids wash their hands every 5 seconds and not even letting their kids play in the mud (thats why illness is more rampid in younger ages) and because of that if their kid gets hurt it can't be because of their childs ignorance it has to be someone else becuase they didn't raise their child to part-take in such foolish/dangeroush activities..

what this shit boils down to is that its always someone elses fault when u think your right...which isn't right...the court system now is based on liabilty, again because people always have too blame it on someone else...and what better thing to blame it on then the multi-million dollar ski resort whistler-blackcomb

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so just because the kid needs the money we should give it to him? America has so many people living in poverty right now, its not even funny. However, we dont give everyone the money they NEED to get back on their feet. Id say they are just as screwed as this kid but without the 5 million dollars he gets

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'every ski resort in america would be more then happy to tare down there parks, just for the money that they would save in insurance!'

then why'd they put them up in the first place, home skillet?

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and all the $$$ the resorts reknowned for their park would lose

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Has anyone thought about how the parents feel? Maybe they're sueing the park in an attempt to not only reconcile their son's incident, but to prevent other people from getting hurt. I don't care if you're a beginner or about to be the next Seth Morrison, EVERYONE can be hurt skiing.... if you were paralyzed, what would you do? How would you feel?

 
ya ok but have u heard about all the parents who sue to get helmets mandatory and other pads required or else ur not allowed into the skatepark....if the parents were trying to help others they'd have a bill not a lawsuit and they would be campaigning for voters to vote of their bill...not sueing the resort for 10 million

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ok fist off by reading the sign at the enterece of the park he is entering into a leagle contract that says 'ride at your own risk' (even if you are under the age of 18) also if you look at the back of a ski ticket it also says that if you incouter a injury from any thing on their mt you accept full resonsiblity... personaly i think its his falt and no one should pay him anything

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it just gets to me when people who know they can't win a regular case just sue for money

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Well, the kid is skiing/snowboarding at his own risk, all terrain parks are supposed to have warning and danger signs posted at the top of them. And plus, he is 17, of course he knows what on earth he's putting himself into! No one but yourself can prevent or tell you want you can do, if someone say no, your going to do it anyways, it's as simple as that. I feel for the kid because he won't be able to walk again (celbrities have a ton of money so they can afford to get fixed) but he does not have the right to sue anyone. The world is turning into a sue happy place and it sickens me!

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u cant fix paralysis, if ur paralyzed ur fuckin paralyzed theres no surgery thats going to make u able to walk again (yet)

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There are too many people in this world that are self centered. They don't relize that their actions, whether it be sueing or making fun of or anything of that sort, actually affect other people than theirselves. They just don't, or refuse, to understand these things!

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frm what i know, the kid can use his arm, i think... how could he play sport like he do without using his arm???

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did u guys ever stop to think maybee the kid couldn't read?? Wel if thats the case then I guess he has plenty of time on his lifeless hands to learn now.

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okay... now my 2 cents...

THIS KID WILL BE ABLE TO WALK...i just read that a method of injecting hormones or something like that into the damaged area... a swedish scientist is directing the whole thing, and it will be ready for human testing in 5 years, maybe quicker. They have broken cats backs, and the cats are walking again in 2 weeks... that is faster than a broken leg to heal (if you broke your neck and were injected the same day) so you cannot say that we wont be able to walk again for the rest of his life. Because he will probably be able to walk by 2010.

2. We had a paraplegic who talked to us at school. She was upset for about 2 years about not being able to walk. But she got over it and has accepted it. But she has a job. A boyfriend (another quadraplegic) and they are going fine. A lot better off than others...

3. Yes that sucks that this horrible thing happened and i feel sorry for him (my fears are breaking my neck and being trapped in a small drain pipe). But he is 1 out of atleast 1 million of skiers/snowboarders who go into the terrain park. That could possibly all be gone becasue of one kid...ooo not fair.

I am not in any way dissing this kid, in fact i hope he gets some money. Being broke and paralyzed WOULD SUCK! So dont threaten him. A decade or 2 of his life is gone, and they are from his prime which really sucks.

...thats my 2 cents....

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wow..i cant beleive that thing with the swedish scientist...thats crazy..why cats?

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well... mice, rats, cats, dogs, big animals, humans...

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^ the update i read was that they were doing cats now, and i assume they had already done mice and rats...etc

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Straight up, here's the real deal:

1. This kid is a HIGH FUNCTIONING QUAD, which means he DOES HAVE USE OF HIS HANDS to a certain extent. He plays Wheelchair Rugby! He could get himself a very high paying job if he wanted to.

2. Even if his parents were suing, he would still have to go on the stand in court. Would that not be a good time for him to say it was his own fault??? If you want to blame his parents, blame them for raising him with poor coordination, morals and judgement. Personally, I blame the whole family.

3. I'm sure there are other means of getting money. How about support from the government? How about a campaign seeking donations from people who feel for the kid? They do that for people when their house burns down. Why not plead to the people rather than a jury? You know, seek support or even puty, but don't try to distort justice for personal gain.

4. Moe is right... The legal system is hooped! It makes it possible for people to get away with things like this. BUT, just because you can get away with it, doesn't mean you should do it. It's no less than stealing. There have been lots of times I could have walked out of a store without paying, but I didn't. Why? Because it's WRONG!!! Does that mean anything anymore?

5. For those of you who say, 'Anyone in their right mind would sue': If I ever own a ski resort, remind me to NEVER LET YOU SKI THERE!!!

6. What if the ski resort didn't have any money at all. Flat broke... Would it be okay to sue them for 5 million then??? So, why is it okay to sue big companies for stupid things just because they have a lot of money? Sure they won't go broke because of it, but does that make it right??? I don't think so!

7. If you think I'm insensitive and I should pity this kid, don't worry. I do pity him. I pity him because he made a mistake that will cost him a huge amount of freedom in his life and I really, truly can't imagine what that would be like to be in his physical condition. I also pity him because he made another mistake that will cost him a huge amount of respect for the rest of his life. No matter how much sympathy I have for this kid, there is no avoiding the fact that this was his own fault, and I will never respect him for his actions in dealing with this situation. I don't wish bad things upon him, and I'm happy that he survived. I just disagree with his decisions.

8. For those of you who think parks will not be affected by this: You are sadly uneducated. Parks already have been affected! I've seen a number of parks disappear in the last couple of years. Why? Think about it... Insurance costs are huge, and lots of resorts don't want to run the risk of having a park so they abandoned the idea. I'm not saying all parks will become extinct. That's highly unlikely, however; the cost of using parks will increase to cover raised insurance costs. Security will also increase, i.e., you will need to pay for a park pass, maybe write a test or watch a video, and you may be forced to wear a helmet etc etc...

9. One thing that has been mistaken in this thread is the amount of money awarded. It wasn't 5 million, it was just shy of 3 million, of which the plaitiff will only see a bit over 400,000 MINUS what his lawyer has cost him over the last 3 years. Not much money ends up in his hands, but the precident set by the case is what is endangering our sport.

10. The person who has been left out of this conversation is the lawyer. Shifty lawyers have created this awful stain in our judicial system! They are just as much to blame as anyone as far as I'm concerned! Our legal system is meant to protect us, but nowadays we have to protect OURSELVES FROM THE LEGAL SYSTEM!!!

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High North almost couldnt get insurance, and they did only if they didnt teach inverts... fronts or backs. And if what you are saying is true about the 400000... WHY BOTHER, he is just fucking the rest of us over, he will only get between 50-100 thousand tops... after lawyers fees.

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I am totally sympathetic to this kid's injuries, and yes it sucks but it happens. I have worked with parapalegics and quadrapalegics (and many various handicaps too, mainly with kids 4-22), and honestly, once they come to terms with their situation, they typically are greatful for the time that they had before there accidents.

I also teach skiing (have for 9 years), and I always stress with everyone no matter how old they are, that skiing is dangerous. People assume that it is perfectly safe, but anyone with half a brain can tell you it is not.

I have personally had many injuries on skis, and many friends have been badly hurt to (including my friend jeff breaking his back), but injuries happen. I just don't see how this kids injuries justify the law suits and settlement. Yes it sucks that this kid may never walk again, and countless other necessities of life, but the fact that he is quadrapalegic does not mean that his life is over.

Something I learned a long time ago, is that there is always someone out there who has it worse than me (and even this kid), and (not trying to get all philisophical, but) sometimes things happen for a reason (be it fate, destiny, whatever).

Yes if this happened to me, I would be bummed out for a long time, as I would be losing the one thing in my life that has remained a constant (skiing) and everything that I take for granted and everything that I haven't already done, but just because one door in life closes does not mean that another won't open. Hopefully I am never faced with the thought/option of sueing a ski area, but honestly, I could never do it, no matter how bad my injurues may be and I don't really see how anyone else can, but that in no way justifies threatening this kid. He did what he felt was necessary, I just don't agree with it, and a lot of other people do not either, but that does not give anyone the right to threaten or intimidate this kid, the only thing that any of us can really do is voice our opinions and concerns about people taking thess law suits to far (i.e. my kid fell in class, its the instructors fault, and lil' johnnie is scarred for life). We, as a society (in my opinion), are far to jumpy to sue - I just don't want to see pandoras box get opened because of this.

 
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