6.6 million and some change For an eye

[Beemer]

This doesnt happen in PaintBall

Hey Tyger or Jayloo, got any details on how this happened????????


MINOR PLAINTIFF AWARDED $6,615,293.00 IN A PAINTBALL INJURY

A Cook County jury awarded a twelve year old plaintiff $6,615,293.00 in a trial before the Honorable
Judge Edward R. Burr. The award goes to a twelve year old plaintiff who now has 20/200 vision in
his right eye as a result of being struck in the eye with a paintball at County Club Paintball, located
in Glenwood, Illinois. The minor plaintiff had left the paintball arena and was in the waiting area when
he was struck with a paintball. The minor plaintiff was represented at trial by Kevin J. Golden.

http://www.mnlawoffice.com/new_develop.htm scroll down 3/4 page

[FreakBaller12]

isn't that what a waivor is for
who did he sure, county club, or the kid who shot him?

[Beemer]

isn't that what a waivor is for
who did he sure, county club, or the kid who shot him?

Ya lots of questions

what kind of gun, was it plugged or covered?? Was it an AD or what.

Still on the search mode help me out.

[WenULiVeUdiE]

isn't that what a waivor is for
who did he sure, county club, or the kid who shot him?

Waivers can be gotten around quite easily.

[slade]

isn't that what a waivor is for
who did he sure, county club, or the kid who shot him?

i hope the idiot that shot him, the field should not be held responsible for some stupid kid who doesnt follow the rules... of course the field should do everything possible to make everything safe, but ultimately the kid who disobeyed the rules, left his barrel condom off, safety off, and pulled the trigger while pointing the marker at someones eye is the one responsible.

[Glickman]

im guessing the kid, as thats what waivers are for.

i dont like how they dont tell you, because for all we know, he could have done it accidentally himself, or his friend, and won it from the field.

hope the eye can be fixed with glasses though, good luck to whoever it happend to

ive read over the waivers, and dont really see any loopholes (then again what do i know)
but do you mean the can be bypassed by argument, or by incident?

[Beemer]

i hope the idiot that shot him, the field should not be held responsible for some stupid kid who doesnt follow the rules... of course the field should do everything possible to make everything safe, but ultimately the kid who disobeyed the rules, left his barrel condom off, safety off, and pulled the trigger while pointing the marker at someones eye is the one responsible.

Ya ok so who is liable when you get hurt from a ramping gun? [bps & fps] and or a gun that doesnt meet ASTM standards and everyone knows it.

Whos stupid?????????????

You?????????
The Field????????
Or the Whole industry that knows whats going on

[gc82000]

20/200 is not that bad, well considering that his eye could have been gone for good.

[slade]

Ya ok so who is liable when you get hurt from a ramping gun? [bps & fps] and or a gun that doesnt meet ASTM standards and everyone knows it.

Whos stupid?????????????

You?????????
The Field????????
Or the Whole industry that knows whats going on

as i said, the field should do everything that they can, but ultimately it is the person that disobeys the rules and causes the accident that is responsible. regardless of the situation.

[Lee]

has to be the insurance company.

no field has that kind of assets much less your average paintballer.

it's the insurance companies that take the hit . law of deepest pockets.

[Blazestorm]

wtf I want 6 million for having 20/200 vision. (Close to that, I use contacts to have 20/15 ^_^)

Ofcourse that's because I play too many games... I should sue Valve and Blizzard...

[AGDlover]

wow ill be going to CCP around mid december i'll ask about it.

[Destructo6]

Waivers don't protect against negligence.

From what little appears in the article(let), it would seem the kid had his mask off in an area where it was not required and where flying paintballs, reasonably, should not be expected (eg parking lot or dining area). Poor field design and/or insufficient netting are likely.

[pierce]

This sueing crap has gotten way out of hand. He probably had bad vision to begin with.

[fire1811]

a lawyer once told me that he could get around any waiver in under a minute.