Oklahoma Mountain Biking Club Sued by Injured Lamer

In September, 2004 60-year old Jerry Reese
sustained a severe spine injury when he fell off
the side of a wooden bridge while mountain biking
on the popular Bluff Creek Trail near Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma. At the time of the accident, a
deck board on the bridge was broken, but remained
loosely in place. Reese alleges the broken board
caused him to lose control of his bike and fall
into a dry creek bed.


This Reese dude sounds like a lamer. We should be counter-suing for
his lack of skills and a frivilous lawsuit. The precedent this could
set has frightening implications. If a club doesn't completely
sanitize a trail when doing "maintenance", a "loose rock" could cause
another barney to lose control and crash and leave them open to a
lawsuit.

Mountain Biking is an inherently dangerous sport...

JD

"JD" wrote in message
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In September, 2004 60-year old Jerry Reese
sustained a severe spine injury when he fell off
the side of a wooden bridge while mountain biking
on the popular Bluff Creek Trail near Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma. At the time of the accident, a
deck board on the bridge was broken, but remained
loosely in place. Reese alleges the broken board
caused him to lose control of his bike and fall
into a dry creek bed.


This Reese dude sounds like a lamer. We should be counter-suing for
his lack of skills and a frivilous lawsuit. The precedent this could
set has frightening implications. If a club doesn't completely
sanitize a trail when doing "maintenance", a "loose rock" could cause
another barney to lose control and crash and leave them open to a
lawsuit.

Mountain Biking is an inherently dangerous sport...

JD

This is just a case of a bloodsucking lawyer looking for money. The loose
board was at the bridge entrance, he crashed at the other end, 30' away.
General opinion is this will not go anywhere.

di wrote:

This is just a case of a bloodsucking lawyer looking for money. The loose
board was at the bridge entrance, he crashed at the other end, 30' away.
General opinion is this will not go anywhere.

Defense lawyer still gets a dozen nice bikes worth of pay.

Shawn

Shawn wrote:
di wrote:

This is just a case of a bloodsucking lawyer looking for money. The
loose board was at the bridge entrance, he crashed at the other end,
30' away. General opinion is this will not go anywhere.

Defense lawyer still gets a dozen nice bikes worth of pay.

Shawn

Not if it's one of those TV guys who only gets paid if he wins.

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"Ride-A-Lot" wrote in message
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Shawn wrote:
di wrote:

This is just a case of a bloodsucking lawyer looking for money. The
loose board was at the bridge entrance, he crashed at the other end, 30'
away. General opinion is this will not go anywhere.

Defense lawyer still gets a dozen nice bikes worth of pay.

Shawn

Not if it's one of those TV guys who only gets paid if he wins.


RAL,

That wouldn't be the defense then would it.

Just connecting dots....

Marty