04/25/24
March 15, 2002
Human hockey puck misses target: but might go home with millions anyway. This fan broke his leg during the entertainment between periods. He signed a waiver before the fun started, and ended up breaking his leg. Is he a victim or a wus? Would you sue?
posted by Samsonov14 to hockey at 03:59 PM - 4 comments
Actually, after reading the article, I have to think he has a case. If they usually have padding for the event and didn't have padding in this case, then they are definitely in the wrong regardless of whether he signed the waiver. If I sign a waiver excusing a bungee company of any wrong doing during my jump, and they forget to attach the cord to the bridge and I plummet into the river below, then they are definitely at fault. Basic safety requirements should not be "waived" by a piece of paper.
posted by grum@work at 05:02 PM on March 15, 2002
He should sue. A waiver doesn't give a company free license to be negligent and unsafe. Otherwise, no doctor would ever be successfully sued in court for an operation that goes awry. As an aside, I can't help but laugh at the accident -- a company leaves off padding and slings a fan into the boards at a high rate of speed in front of thousands. I wonder how a jury reacts when an accident is funny.
posted by rcade at 09:15 AM on March 16, 2002
He'll probably win some sort of award, one waiver doesn't really hold much weight in court, methinks.
posted by insomnyuk at 02:21 PM on March 16, 2002
Waiver = wuss.