Its not limited to the UK then...
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www.local6.com/money/4239256/detail.html
"D'Assaro is filing a lawsuit against the city of Orlando and the private garage owner for making little effort to correct a potential deadly risk."
Its that "L" word again. Lawyer.
"D'Assaro is filing a lawsuit against the city of Orlando and the private garage owner for making little effort to correct a potential deadly risk."
Its that "L" word again. Lawyer.
neil.b said:
www.local6.com/money/4239256/detail.html
"D'Assaro is filing a lawsuit against the city of Orlando and the private garage owner for making little effort to correct a potential deadly risk."
Its that "L" word again. Lawyer.
It is something that spread from America to here-like some infectious disease.
Oh, we have our share of ambulance chasers in this area, no doubt.
This thing will never see the inside of a courtroom. It will either be settled for a pittance (read - attoney's fees - claimant will get nothing) or it will see a summary judgement in favour of the City (believe it or not a lot of the civil court judges around here take a dim view of 1.parents not minding their kids and 2.blaming somebody else when that negligence makes things go pear shaped).
ErnestM
PS: Only have a cursory mention on local news as most of the public view this sort of thing as social darwinism.
This thing will never see the inside of a courtroom. It will either be settled for a pittance (read - attoney's fees - claimant will get nothing) or it will see a summary judgement in favour of the City (believe it or not a lot of the civil court judges around here take a dim view of 1.parents not minding their kids and 2.blaming somebody else when that negligence makes things go pear shaped).
ErnestM
PS: Only have a cursory mention on local news as most of the public view this sort of thing as social darwinism.
FFS I guess all public buildings must now be surrounded by 18-foot thick foam rubber matresses just in case some pillock throws themselves off the top. 
Surely the "thrill seekers" doing this kind of thing wouldn't find it 1/2 as thrilling if it was impossible to get it wrong and 
themselves up? What next? Suing for removal of one's human right to seek thrills?
Amazing how responsibility for your own child's safety can be passed on to a third party when they do something stupid. And yet I suspect if a member of the public had seen them about to jump and tried to intervene, the mother would've been venting her spleen; "Get your hand offa mah child. Don't you tell mah child what to do, its none of your god damned business...." etc.
How about teaching the moron not to jump off a garage roof?
Actually, how about teaching him how to do it properly next time. Head first should suffice. Or a higher building.
How about teaching the moron not to jump off a garage roof?
Actually, how about teaching him how to do it properly next time. Head first should suffice. Or a higher building.
A quick check on the on-line vote shows 98% of people believe the jumpers are liable.... so at least there is some sanity in the world.
Funny though - "I was jumping off a 6 storey building and fell, it really hurt and I havent been able to work for 4 months. You mr building owner are liable because you didnt stop me"..... yeah right.....
Funny though - "I was jumping off a 6 storey building and fell, it really hurt and I havent been able to work for 4 months. You mr building owner are liable because you didnt stop me"..... yeah right.....
..I think its always been that way actually.We used to play a game called "Jumping off the garage roof" when I was a kid...
It primarily involved jumping off a garage roof, over a path and some rose bushes, ending in a triumphant roll on the grass if you were lucky.
We knew it was dangerous and were more concerned at being caught by my dad than the thought of getting hurt.
My dad tells a tale of when he caught me jumping between hotel balconies six stories up at the age of seven. Apparently he waited until I climbed back over the balcony before bending my ear.
Kids have always been stupid and always will.
It primarily involved jumping off a garage roof, over a path and some rose bushes, ending in a triumphant roll on the grass if you were lucky.
We knew it was dangerous and were more concerned at being caught by my dad than the thought of getting hurt.
My dad tells a tale of when he caught me jumping between hotel balconies six stories up at the age of seven. Apparently he waited until I climbed back over the balcony before bending my ear.
Kids have always been stupid and always will.
Good game I played once involving a kids bike we found and an angle grinder.
We'd cut lumps out of the frame/wheels with said grinder and ride it hard and fast over a very rickety looking ramp. First person to get hurt lost.
Sadly my dad called a halt to matters before any blood loss, miserable old so and so
We'd cut lumps out of the frame/wheels with said grinder and ride it hard and fast over a very rickety looking ramp. First person to get hurt lost.
Sadly my dad called a halt to matters before any blood loss, miserable old so and so
There is a lot of hysteria about this kind of idiotic litigation in the UK, but very little of it actually happening.
The reason it happens in the US is the conditional fee system under which you do not pay your lawyer if you lose, but you pay him a precentage of the damages if you win. This is exacerbated by the fact that civil trials in the US tend to be jury trials and juries can recommend punitive damages. In the UK, civil trials are non-jury and there are no punitive damages.
Don't believe all the crap you read or hear just because it is cool to bash lawyers. The type of lawyer in the UK who chases ambulances is unlikely to make much money.
The reason it happens in the US is the conditional fee system under which you do not pay your lawyer if you lose, but you pay him a precentage of the damages if you win. This is exacerbated by the fact that civil trials in the US tend to be jury trials and juries can recommend punitive damages. In the UK, civil trials are non-jury and there are no punitive damages.
Don't believe all the crap you read or hear just because it is cool to bash lawyers. The type of lawyer in the UK who chases ambulances is unlikely to make much money.
It's just a bit of fun.
When I were a lad...
Lighting a fire at the bottom of the garage wall, climbing onto garage roof, lying down on edge of roof and then rolling into the fire, quickly rolling out again. It was ok because I was wearing my snorkel coat with the hood up.
Another one: Climbing up a railway signal ladder. My mate said he'd jumped off the 20th step so I decided to jump from the 22nd (to make sure of the record !). The landing was a bit awkward because it was onto a grass bank covered in brambles. I did a superb death-defying jump, landed halfway down the slope, slicing my hand open on the brambles, blood everywhere.
As I claimed a new world record my mate said "You nutter, I only climbed it".
I've still got the scar 23 years later.
When I were a lad...
Lighting a fire at the bottom of the garage wall, climbing onto garage roof, lying down on edge of roof and then rolling into the fire, quickly rolling out again. It was ok because I was wearing my snorkel coat with the hood up.
Another one: Climbing up a railway signal ladder. My mate said he'd jumped off the 20th step so I decided to jump from the 22nd (to make sure of the record !). The landing was a bit awkward because it was onto a grass bank covered in brambles. I did a superb death-defying jump, landed halfway down the slope, slicing my hand open on the brambles, blood everywhere.
As I claimed a new world record my mate said "You nutter, I only climbed it".
I've still got the scar 23 years later.
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