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Ski Injury Lawyer Ad?

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Benhamine
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This of all sites I wouldnt expect ads for Injury Lawyers for being hurt skiing or snowboarding at a ski resort. People like this are the leeches on our sport. Thoughts?
Heres the website kottlerlawoffice.com
Jul 9 2011 10:28AM
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dbchili
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the ads are autopopulated, but yes i agree there should be some filter for this type of stuff, it's the exact reason RCR resorts no longer have jumps
Jul 9 2011 11:15AM
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BarryFeinstein
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I'm here for you
Jul 9 2011 11:40AM
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reverendwrong
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Welcome to the united states, where if you do something stupid it was probably someone else's fault.

Jul 9 2011 12:05PM
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_DUSTY_
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Fuck the lawyers? I honestly agree with you though, lawyers for the most part simply just leech of society. I kind of just want to spam this d bags email.
Jul 9 2011 12:12PM
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corona
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right off the site

The most common types of injury accidents leading to liability fall into one of five categories:

  • Collision with other skiers/snowboarders, with immovable objects (e.g. trees), or with movable objects (e.g. runaway boards);
  • Ski lift accidents due to negligent design, maintenance, or operation of the lift or due to the negligence of other skiers or passengers on the lift;
  • Accidents caused by ski area negligence such as failure to mark a known hazard, improper slope maintenance and/or grooming, or inadequate avalanche control;
  • Accidents caused by ski instructor negligence, such as leading ski school students into overly challenging terrain or failing to provide safety instructions;
  • Accidents or injuries resulting from faulty equipment, most commonly alpine bindings failure properly release.
wow
Jul 9 2011 12:41PM
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Huckley
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love the gapers that gerbil drag the entire park to hit the 60ft kicker then blame the ski resort for being full DS when they over shoot by 40 ft upside down yard sale.. Then they bust open the law suit like a boss because their mothers are pissed and need someone else to pay for their child's ignorance.

Rarely is an injury actually the ski resorts fault. However Lake Louise did shit the bed a few years back and paid the price.
Jul 9 2011 12:57PM
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Low
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AHAHAHAHAHAHA.

as soon as i clicked on this thread, an ad at the top of newschoolers popped up that said

"HURT AND NEED LEGAL ADVICE?"... Call page law.

Oh the irony
Jul 9 2011 2:06PM
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THUGwife
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i keep getting ads for 'fish pedicures' seriously...
Jul 9 2011 4:25PM
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philskier
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Also think its lame. NS should know better!
Jul 9 2011 5:59PM
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Scott0_robot0
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fuck lawyers like this they have ruined my resort plenty of times.
Jul 9 2011 6:03PM
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Rachy
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Yeah, ads are based on what you are looking at. I just put a suggestion in for some filters like keep it sports/travel related.

Aside from that, the ski lawyer thing.....

A few years back, a fellow tried to sue Copper Mountain for not marking a cornice as hazardous terrain. I guess the dude skied off a cornice without realizing there was a drop and freaked and broke a leg or something. Copper won because it was less than a 20 foot drop and the area was marked as expert terrain.


Jul 9 2011 6:14PM
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Jeffmnicholas
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really?! Collision with trees?!?!?!?
Jul 9 2011 6:50PM
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los.pinguinos
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also, whats with the philippineo dating site?
Jul 9 2011 8:06PM
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.ZT.
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my cousin's friend died skiing alone in the backcountry by hitting a tree. it actually happens all the time. if you hit a tree going fast its instant death.
Jul 9 2011 8:16PM
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Jeffmnicholas
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i didnt mean that it doesnt happen, ive heard some awful stories about accidents involving trees. i meant that a resort shouldnt be liable for someone hitting a tree. Sorry if i didnt word that right, and im really sorry about your cousin's friend
Jul 9 2011 8:20PM
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real_talk
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i think that's for resorts who leave trees in dangerous areas, like on the landings of jumps.
Jul 9 2011 8:24PM
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acc
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Fuck ambulance chasers
Jul 9 2011 8:34PM
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Static
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fuck the people who hire them

fuck the insurance companies for making it justifiable

fuck a dog
Jul 9 2011 9:53PM
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tds103
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but on the back of every lift pass, it has a disclaimer. That says skiing is a dangerous sport and by attaching this pass all injuries you get can not be used in court or something. you get my drift?
Jul 9 2011 10:04PM
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Static
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disclaimers dont mean shit when the resort is negligent
Jul 9 2011 10:10PM
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tds103
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do you have a example?
Jul 9 2011 10:13PM
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snowbombz
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summit at snoqualmie got buttfucked out of 22 mil by an inexperienced snowboarder who cut into an area closed for a competition and broke his back overshooting the competitions jump.
Jul 9 2011 10:24PM
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tds103
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or the guy that sued Wachusett, this is a long story but the mom took the kid skiing and the kid was not having fun or learning anything, so the instructors asked the mom if they could put him in a adaptive lesson. she said yes and the kid had a ton of fun. but the father who is divorced found out and sued the resort and he won. So now an instructor cant ask a parent if they want to put their kid into a adaptive lesson. bs i know
Jul 9 2011 10:31PM
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DADDYlongLEGS
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what is an adaptive lesson?
Jul 10 2011 1:12PM
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tds103
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a lesson who kids/adults with disabilities ie autism, spinal injuries, and stuff like that
Jul 10 2011 4:28PM
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tds103
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for not who sorry
Jul 10 2011 4:28PM
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J.D.
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How it actually works:

1. Dude gets injured and has medical bills such that they are unpayable and cannot afford his wheelchair and physical therapy. His fault for being careless or not, he's not going to drag himself around on his hands.

2. Dude seeks indemnification by suing ski resort.

3. Ski resort, which maintains expensive liability insurance, goes to insurance company.

4. Insurance company defends the lawsuit, settles with Dude, and pays him on behalf of ski resort.

5. Ski resort's insurance premiums increase.

Jul 11 2011 11:12AM
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corona
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do you have any off the top of your head figure for approximately what percentage of claims actually succeed against a ski hill? almost all the injuries I dealt with the past couple years have been completely skier negligence and have had nothing to do with the ski hill themselves. for instance someone overshooting a jump, or someone planting a pole and breaking a clavicle on it, or a collision. And who is one going to sue when they didn`t pop out of their own bindings because they didn`t know how to set it up properly? (as the last category suggests).
Jul 11 2011 11:24AM
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AlpentalAnon
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I'd say a relatively high percentage of people filing lawsuit end up getting a check.  It's fairly common for the costs of taking a case to court to outweigh the costs it would take to settle.  When this happens, the defendants attorney will negotiate a settlement offer with the ambulance chasers.  I don't agree with it, but it's sadly the way things are.
Dec 13 2011 10:56PM
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HeathR
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I dont have any specific examples but he speaks the truth. I studied Ski Resort Management and have taken Risk Management classes. You can have the most complete waiver form ever created and still get sued and lose. Waivers help, but mostly make people think what you think and don't sue because they signed a waiver and assume they have no case.
Dec 13 2011 11:17PM
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Andreas_
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It's because you touch yourself at night... Literally.
Dec 13 2011 11:33PM
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urgent_care
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6. Lift ticket prices gradually increase
Dec 26 2011 6:02PM
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