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Wed 9 Aug, 2006 05:03 pm
This is ridiculous! Don't individuals have some sort of self-responsibility to watch where the heck they're going? Just because it's a park, you can't expect guard-rails and fencing everywhere.
Quote:Camper sues government over stumble
Friday, August 04, 2006
Here's a tip for campers on the go:
Bring a flashlight when wandering in the woods.
Jerry Mersereau, 23, learned that lesson the hard way when he trekked out in the dark to relieve himself and fell off a cliff in the Mt. Hood National Forest.
Tucked into his lawsuit (Jerry Mersereau v. United States of America) is this succinct description of his misadventure: "While finding a place to relieve himself, plaintiff walked off the unguarded and unprotected cliff falling approximately 20 to 30 feet to the creek bed below."
Now Mersereau wants the U.S. government to pay for his injuries and the "mental anguish" his fall has caused. He says the government should have known the cliff posed a danger to campers.
If this guy wins I'll shoot myself.
The GOVERNMENT should have known the cliff was a danger to campers???!!!
How about your OWN stupid ass knowing that?
Before you know it, all natural attractions will become like disney world. Let's leave nothing to chance.
Somebody better start working on filling in that darn Grand Canyon.
And those Rocky Mountains? jeez, they're REALLY hard to climb and it could make someone get all out of breath. They need to be torn down.
I think I have my very own case ... click
I'm glad I posted about it (tho so briefly it's almost unAmerican :wink: )
He should have been relieved that he didn't break his neck, and left it at that....
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