At 07:18 PM 3/1/00 -0500, Gabriel L Romeu wrote: >Here in the USA Peter, a lawsuit goes where the assets are. > I have heard that more often in the 5 years that I have been living in the US now. And I think it is absurd; the *drunken* jet skier should bleed for life, even if he has no assets, and not the trip leader or club officer who has nothing to do with the accident. However, are there actual, real worl examples of trip leaders or club officers who have been sued for negligence because trip members were not wearing PFDs? Or are all the given scenarios only scarecrows? If there are actual examples, I may reconsider being a trip leader for our club. The club does only follow Coast Guard regulations, which I thought would be enough in legal issues. Don't get me wrong, I am in favor of wearing PFDs whenever the circumstances require (wind, waves, currents, motorboats). But I also like to take it of in 95 degree weather on 80 degree water... And I don't have to worry about my assets being taken away, because basically I have none :-( Peter *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Mar 02 2000 - 10:55:31 PST
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