Results 1 to 12 of 12
-
10-26-2016, 09:48 AM #1
Registered User
- Join Date
- Mar 2005
- Posts
- 28
Colorado Skier Ordered To Pay Over $250K For Reckless Skiing Incident At Keystone CO
-
10-26-2016, 09:50 AM #2
Registered User
- Join Date
- Dec 2012
- Posts
- 17,757
DD got off easy.
"timberridge is terminally vapid" -- a fortune cookie in Yueyang
-
10-26-2016, 09:55 AM #3
mere citizen
- Join Date
- Nov 2014
- Location
- northeast
- Posts
- 5,885
^ lol
-
10-26-2016, 09:58 AM #4
CO Hype Beast
- Join Date
- Mar 2016
- Location
- Warm parts of the St. Vrain
- Posts
- 2,800
If you want to get an idea of how long this shit takes in litigation before it gets to a jury... the gear in the pic was the hot shit at the time of the accident.
-
10-26-2016, 01:24 PM #5
Registered User
- Join Date
- May 2008
- Location
- 37ft above the hood
- Posts
- 16,576
pffft
negligent skiing
sounds funZone Controller
"He wants to be a pro, bro, not some schmuck." - Hugh Conway
"DigitalDeath would kick my ass. He has the reach of a polar bear." - Crass3000
-
10-26-2016, 01:35 PM #6
Registered User
- Join Date
- Aug 2007
- Location
- United States of Aburdistan
- Posts
- 7,281
Are they going to rename the run "the Flying Scotsman?
-
10-26-2016, 07:11 PM #7
Banned
- Join Date
- Oct 2003
- Location
- Looking down
- Posts
- 50,491
" The jury concluded that Ferguson was skiing negligently and that the plaintiff, who missed three months of work at the Chicago Fire Department because of his injuries, was entitled to damages."
Wow, no wonder Chicago is in awful fiscal health. The fireman make a quarter mil every three months.
-
10-26-2016, 07:53 PM #8
Registered User
- Join Date
- Oct 2007
- Posts
- 12,677
The defendant's homeowners insurance will pay the fines. Same thing happened to a guy I know, even though the other guy hit him, the guy hit him up for damages and they were paid by homeowners.
http://www.summitdaily.com/news/loca...t-have-to-pay/
-
10-26-2016, 08:11 PM #9
Banned
- Join Date
- Oct 2003
- Location
- Looking down
- Posts
- 50,491
Doubt this was "fines". More likely a civil lawsuit.
-
10-26-2016, 08:42 PM #10
Not on IR. For now.
- Join Date
- Jun 2006
- Location
- Couloirfornia
- Posts
- 8,874
Homeowner's for a reckless ski accident? Color me skeptical...
Originally Posted by shredgnar
Originally Posted by Ernest_Hemingway
-
10-26-2016, 09:42 PM #11
Banned
- Join Date
- Oct 2003
- Location
- Looking down
- Posts
- 50,491
Homeowners insurance policies with good umbrellas will cover legal expenses in civil lawsuits, which this seems to be. Both President Clinton and O.J. used their policies to help fight cases. Originally Posted by LightRanger
-
10-27-2016, 10:59 AM #12
Registered User
- Join Date
- Jan 2008
- Location
- truckee
- Posts
- 23,274
Homeowners will pay the defendant's attorney's fee and the judgement, up to his liability limit, so unless the he had $250,000 in coverage he will be out of pocket. Homeowners won't pay punitive damages or for deliberate or criminal acts, none of which pertains to this case it seems. His insurance rates will go up as well.
Plaintiff's attorney will probably get at least a third of the judgement, if not more.
I have no problem with the award, assuming there was strong evidence that the guy was being reckless and not just someone who lost control.
Reply With Quote
Bookmarks