Man Injured at BIS Suing Alleged Organizers

[skegpro]

Wow this is just as bad as the famous spilt coffee lawsuit or the Winnebago cruise control lawsuit.

Who knew Coffee was hot and if spilt would burn you.............

Who knew Cruise Control in a Winnebago won't allow you to leave the driver’s seat to go and make a sandwich........

Who knew snow on a rocky incline may avalanche at any time........

As a result we now have warning labels on cups of coffee and warning statements in owner’s manuals.

Do we need moron warnings at the base of every incline.....?

"Warning snowmobiling on this Slope may result in Death" is not something I want to see everywhere I turn, I know this and you know this….it goes without saying.

I think this case is just another key indicator in the direction our Society is going ......when you fawk up quickly find someone else to pin it on.

Idiots love company which is why I guess I stay away from the herd.

......but for now I'll just shut my big yap

 

[JaySimon]

This whole lawsuit thing seems so..... American.

I wonder if he fawks up at work if he tries to pin it on someone else? Personal responsibility has kinda kicked the can these days.

 

[intmid8or!]

good thing comments on the article are closed!

 

[maierch]

Some parts of this post have been removed my admin.

That being said this lawsuit isn't right. It's a slippery slope to a society where we have to save everyone from themselves. Hopefully the courts see that and this story disappears as quickly as it showed up. It's tragic what happened to this man but to try to find others financially responsible for your mistake is just wrong. Always will be.

 

[helgy]

Clubs should remember this when organizing events, due diligence is now a must.

 

[JaySimon]

Clubs should remember this when organizing events, due diligence is now a must.

If it goes through, I could see clubs not organising any events. You can't fix stupid, and who wants to be liable for it?

 

[Billy Boy]

Litigation or the threat of litigation will be the demise of this sport and many other recreational activities motorized or non-motorized (not the environmental activists). This sounds very familiar to the two cross country skiers who got lost after leaving the Kicking Horse Ski Boundry. The fall out from this could be far reaching even if it does get thrown out of court; would you be willing to volunteer your time to be on a snowmobile association board knowing in the back of your mind that there could be a slight possiblilty of being sued?? There was a similar case here in the Alberta foothills when a quadder ended up being paralyzed after an accident; every body and there dog was being sued within an 100 mile radius. Long story short it got thrown out of court but only after many hours of court time and lawyers fees, it also affected our associations relationship with SRD for about 2 or 3 years. They were very cautious of approving any trail development or improvements, for fear of any law suits that may arrise from accidents that could possibly occur on those trails on SRD lands. The only ones who will be benifiting from suits like these are the lawyers and Insurance companies.

Billy Boy

 

[jaredszakacs]

what is the world coming to now a days??? The azzhat went out sledding and was probably having a great time until a very unfortunate and tragic event happened wich in all honesty could have been way worse if it wasnt for the help of the fellow sledders who were there and on seen to take action!!! This guy should be thanking everyone who helped out and be trying to help the family of the fallen brothers Thats what a real man would do!!! Now you got a cowardly pussy trying to take whatever is left from an already grieving family were is your dignity!!!

The world is getting so stupid with the laws that are coming into place and all the people sueing each other. whatever happened to the olden days when things were settled face to face not in court with lawyers and judges!

 

[~Rowdy~]

People need to step up and take personal responsibility for the things they do in their life time. Everyone and anyone in the sport of sledding and a lot of people that aren't in the sport know and understand the risks behind stepping a foot into the back country. This is something you acknowledge and accept with the purchase of a snowmobile, the rental of a snowmobile or by getting on the back of a friends sled. It was his decision to follow the crowd outside the boundaries of the BIS and place himself and his son in the path of the avalanche due to complacency. I maybe would have done the same thing through the crowd mentality if I had made it to the hill that day, but if I did and I was injured I would understand that was my doing, no one elses.

Does anyone know if there is anyway sledders, as a community to help out their sport can start a petition to stop this guy from being allowed to sue? Or any way that the sledding community can as a whole reach out to the court system and media to try and counteract this in a PRODUCTIVE and CONSTRUCTIVE way? I would be more than happy to head up a petition or anything that will show that 99.9% of sledders understand the danger they put themselves in when they step a foot in the back country. Please PM me if anyone can tell me how to get this started or if they think it's a good idea. I am still travelled but I will respond when I can.

 

[RMK Junky]

Unbelievable, always someone tring to make a quick buck somewhere...here's your sign as a reminder, jacka$$

 

[snopro]

Hopefully this will end up just a futile waste of money for the plaintiff. If it does fly then I think it is time as tax paying citizens that we start putting pressure on our MP's to change the laws so this sort of litigation doesn't even see the light of day. We need more common sense used in this world!

On another note is the club's insurance adequate enough to cover expenses incurred in a possible lengthy lawsuit. What about the families of the deceased? Should we as a group be thinking about doing some fund raising to help the cause? We all have a stake in how this all turns out I'm afraid.

 

[drew562]

Woulda been better if the Fawker died

Andrew

 

[jtilley]

I can see this going through.... in the US everybody is sueing everybody. Who would ever think of sueing there mother father child or brother but it is going on more then we think!! This is why I hate ppl and as far as BIS the hole thing is a bunch of BS!! Why isn't the Revelstoke club stepping up they were the ones charging $25 that day to ride the trail. I sure hope Karma comes through on this one !!!

 

[Modman]

Classis case of the "pussification of the world" where yet another spineless and irresponsible individual cannot take responsibility for their own actions.

Not sure why Ozone is implicated, the BIS wasn't even taking place at Turbo when this happened from what others have said.

Same for the club - do a back search and look at the dates, clubs view was there long before anything happened.

Going to be hard to prove that the deceased riders were the avy trigger conclusively as well, how do you sue multiple parties for something like that? Sounds like this dude was just in the wrong place at the wrong time, like many others.

Nothing more than a cash grab by a desperate individual?

If you are someone like this, stay the fawk away from me when I'm sledding.

 

[cobbycat]

1; pretty sure there is a sign at the bottom that states "ride at your own risk".

2; if you watch "mountain mod mania", pretty sure there is a shot of ozone warning everyone at the cabin at the beginning of the day of the avy danger for that day.

3; avy happened after the bis event day was over.

4; who told this guy to park in the run-off path of a large hill like Turbo? clearly has no avy training and takes his kid into known avy country?

5; the revelstoke snowmobile club has nothing to do with the bis, probably for this exact reason.

6; this is an unsanctioned event. no different than getting together with your buds, and having a pissin match.

 

[JaySimon]

Why isn't the Revelstoke club stepping up they were the ones charging $25 that day to ride the trail. I sure hope Karma comes through on this one !!!

If you want the Revelstoke club to start doing avy control, you best be ready to be paying a FAWK LOAD more than 25$ for a trail fee.

 

[jtilley]

If you want the Revelstoke club to start doing avy control, you best be ready to be paying a FAWK LOAD more than 25$ for a trail fee.

I dont want want the club to do avy control , I want more ppl to use there head when riding and get trained!!

 

[snopro]

Maybe someone should counter sue the plaintiff for taking a minor into an avalanche area with no training.

 

[muffin]

and some on here wonders why this sport is dying . One more nail for the coffin

 

[Billy Boy]

Hopefully this will end up just a futile waste of money for the plaintiff. If it does fly then I think it is time as tax paying citizens that we start putting pressure on our MP's to change the laws so this sort of litigation doesn't even see the light of day. We need more common sense used in this world!

On another note is the club's insurance adequate enough to cover expenses incurred in a possible lengthy lawsuit. What about the families of the deceased? Should we as a group be thinking about doing some fund raising to help the cause? We all have a stake in how this all turns out I'm afraid.

Hopefully the Revy club had Directors & Operators insurance and the BCSF (if the club is a member) will have liability insurance. If this case gets to discovery more than likely the Insurance companies will settle on an amount and every one shuts their mouths and goes their seperate ways. I don't agree with this because it amounts to hush money and the real truth does not come out in the court room.

Billy Boy