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Lebbo
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OK I opened up today's paper and read that this skier is suing the lift company over her injury, there wasn't much detail but this is what the article said:

'A woman who collided with a snowboarder while getting off a chair lift at a Victorian ski field yesterday accused the lift operators of negligence. Kerry Chisholm said she had not fully recovered from the knee surgery sustained after the incident, and is now suing Falls Creek Ski Lifts Pty for damages in the NSW District Court. She told court she was with three other skiers on a four-man chair lift when the incident happened at Falls Creek ski fields on August 21, 2001.'

I remember there was something not long ago about a child in a terrain park suing, now people who can't ride chairlifts properly are suing!
Sep 16 2003 5:04AM
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Crystal-needs-a-park
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thats grounds for stoning right there, or at least a good tar and feathering.
Sep 16 2003 5:06AM
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Ds91260
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if u can injure yourself getting off the chair u should kill yourself, u put your feet on teh ground and stand up, how fuckin hard?
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Sep 16 2003 5:27AM
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mystic
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^agreed. someone needs to slap that bitch
Sep 16 2003 5:31AM
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srwinnsuco
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that hoe wont win. You pretty much sign a wavier with your lift ticket and your supposed to know how to properly load and unload a chair lift. So that dumb bitch is gonna get hosed.

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Sep 16 2003 5:35AM
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Triple_Strum
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I dont know why, but I just laughed out loud at ds91260's comment...seriously though... knee surgery for getting off the lift? I think the resort should sue her for lack of athletic ability :)

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Sep 16 2003 6:07AM
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MistaSkier
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The way things are going with the results of lawsuits, I bet I could sue Subway for making me too skinny and win.


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Sep 16 2003 6:09AM
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Balmdogg
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stupid people in australia trying to fuck everything up. i read the other day we have the 2nd highest ammount of litigation after the states, some people here are just so retarded it pisses me off. then they come to the snow and i want to kill them all.






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Sep 16 2003 6:26AM
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mckeeman
Posts: 2674 - Karma: 122
fuckin JAFA's (just another fucking australian)



i said it once i'll say it again...IF YOU CANT READ THE BACK OF YOUR LIFT TICKET YOU SHOULD GO BACK TO SCHOOL AND LEARN HOW TO READ...'SKIER OR SNOWBOARDER ASSUMES ALL RISK....'
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Sep 16 2003 7:03AM
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SiverCartel
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If I were her, I would put a gun in my mouth.

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Sep 16 2003 7:05AM
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Kasanovah
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useless bitch
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Sep 16 2003 8:40AM
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Phrosty
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this old rusty water dripped off the lift on my jacket and messed it up and I went and complained and told them they needed to clean it because it was their stupid lifts. and they were leave it with us for 3 days and we'll clean it and I was like fuck that.




Sep 16 2003 8:53AM
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rodeo7
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Jafa was actually Just another fucking aucklander but somehow it got changed to australian.
i heard also about some guy from denver suing a guy for running into him when he had just cut out infront of him. the guy did all he could to avoid the denver man, but the denver guy ended up witha broken leg and sewed.

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Sep 16 2003 9:03AM
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Pipe_Munky
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she'll win. it's the lift operator's responsibility to stop the lift if the unloading area is unsafe. fucking up a knee doesn't exactly take much, we're talkin 8lbs of pressure on the inside and something like 9-10lbs of pressure on the outside. as far as the waiver on lift tickets are concerned, YOU GOTTA BE FUCKING KIDDING ME!!! those never stand up in court and are not legally binding. think about it, a 17 year old goes out skiing with his buds for the day and gets hurt; how is that waiver legally binding seeing as though you need to be at least 18 years of age in order to enter into a legally binding contract. waivers will be thrown out in court unless there's a signature on there and even then, it gets sketchy!

there's 2 cents from someone who took 1st year law last year.



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Sep 16 2003 9:18AM
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stixonmtholly
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to win big money she needed to spill her piping hot coffee on her crotch while getting off the lift.


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Sep 16 2003 1:08PM
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bigpygmy
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Pipe Munky is right, those waivers don't mean shit, you can never waive your civil rights for anything, same goes for the waiver you sign when you pick up your skis from a shop. I worked for a shop that got sued because the womans( a lawyer) bindings 'did not release properly' she ended up fully recovered and back on skis, but the greedy bitch took everything the shop owner had and he had to shut down. that sucks.





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Sep 16 2003 1:36PM
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west
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thats very true





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Sep 16 2003 3:10PM
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switchskier88
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yeah if those waivers meant anything that fag snowboarder who sued whistler and his school wouldnt have won
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Sep 16 2003 8:28PM
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people over 30 should be banned from public places. they are obviously too stupid and uppity to live in modern society and are living, breathing legal timebombs. everybody wants a free ride. its a direct result of years of suckling at the teats of government, now we have a generation of spoiled, dimwitted crybabies passing the buck on things that rightfully belong in the realm of basic, black-and-white common sense.

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Sep 16 2003 9:00PM
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mckeeman
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people who do shit anbd hurt themselves should keep their ass on the couch where it belongs...thats what sucks aboutthese waivers...they never hold up in court and people always find a way to finance their stupidity. To all of you fags who are thinking about suing for bring this upon yourself, I hope and wishthat as stated before... pls put a gun in your mouth and blow what little brains you have against the wall
thats my 2 cents from someone who is broke from 2 year in school
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Sep 16 2003 9:24PM
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vtrider
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bigpygmy,
how did the shop get shut down? if your a certified shop tech by any ski company your fully backed by them in court. I know of a similar case where a guys son had broken his leg cause of what he thought was an inpropper din, but when he tried to sue, salomon brought in there top of the line lawers to back the shop, needless to say the whole case was dropped after the guy saw salomon bigwigs in suits not ready to fold.
Sep 16 2003 10:04PM
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stizz
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i think it was scott schmidt who said

'PEOPLE WHO SUE SKI AREAS SHOULD BE KILLED'

cited from blizzard of ahhs ,,, i think
Sep 16 2003 10:15PM
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*cowboy*
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yup! Scott Schmidt in the Prophecy (TGR)... the lady is a moron but, like they said above, she will not win the suit.


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Sep 16 2003 10:16PM
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bigpygmy
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I'm a little sketch on the details, but he had to liquidate to pay her off or recover his loss. She was a real shitty person, just looking for money. I see her at the local hill having a grand ol' time, meanwhile this guy's flippin burgers and another job to pay his daughters way through Middlebury. He wasn't shut down, he chose to close because of the BS involved with this woman, I guess he just got thoroughly discouraged with it all.





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Sep 18 2003 3:16AM
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vtrider
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yea, that sucks big time, i guess thats why it a little nicer to work for a ski shop thats got backings ( i work at a stratton owned ski shop, which stratton is owned buy intrawest which is a fucking huge company) i guess thats what you call job security.
Sep 18 2003 3:20AM
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switchskier88
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^^thats gay people like that should use the money they win to buy a gun and shoot themselves, and do the rest of us a favor
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Sep 18 2003 3:20AM
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stizz
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i work in a shop in MA and i can tell ya that if they can prove that you did not release test a binding,, (and well it doesnt get done all the time) you could be liable,, or if there was some obvious mistake, it really does suck that people are so sue happy in a sport where sometimes you just get hurt
Sep 19 2003 10:46PM
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Crystal-needs-a-park
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fuck em, fuck em right in the ear
Sep 19 2003 10:52PM
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Jib_This
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What happened to taking responsibility for your actions and dealing with the consequences?

Oh, I forgot that the new way of doing things was getting a free ride through life through any means necessary.

Kill all the motherfucking lawyers




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Sep 19 2003 11:01PM
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Airspeed-X
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I am a lift operator, and I have seen so much of that. Not to the point where it gets in the paper but a lot of complaints. I swear, if I had a camcorder set up at the top of the lift and submitted it to Americans Funniest Home Videos, I would likely win. There are times when I kill myself laughing at how 'yeti-ish' people can be. Some people dont even know when to get off, they stay on and think that they will go back down. Other times people put their feet down to early, stopping the chair's movement until the chair gets enough force to throw them - clearing the unloading ramp. Like I said, it can be hillarious at times but very pathetic.


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Sep 19 2003 11:31PM
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Airspeed-X
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. . . I mean America's


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Sep 19 2003 11:41PM
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vtrider
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i always put my feet down early, then when its throws me down the rep i spin a 180 or sumtin, just to keep the lifties entertained.
Sep 21 2003 3:28AM
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Itsbackfliptime
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how can they sue the lift company for liftie negligence?

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Sep 21 2003 3:52AM
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Papa
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when i become emporer, anyone who sues or has sued for a stupid unlegitimate reason will go to the fireing squad or fed to the pigs




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Sep 21 2003 4:50AM
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Matty.
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dood sueing is so retarded, ppl sue for burning themselves slightly with hot choco or some shit, well they can go fuck theirselves, NON SUEING REPRESENT!

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Sep 21 2003 4:52AM
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