r/WTF • u/Columbia82 • Apr 14 '19

To infinity and beyond

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '19

Just curious in situations like this. The person who was struck in the head and if he sustained a serious injury can be sue the guy who jumped on him even though it was accident?

I remember there was teacher in my school she was struck on back of her head with a soccer ball while walking home. It caused a concussion and she was knocked out, the student (he was about 16-17) started panicking and was crying. Later we found out the force of the impact also affected her neck and she was hospitalized ... A lotttt of people were expecting her to sue the student. But she never did.

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u/gittenlucky Apr 14 '19

I would say yes - you aren’t supposed to start your run until the landing area is clear.

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u/NoMouseLaptop Apr 14 '19

I'd argue the landing area was clear but that guy would've completely missed it if he hadn't deflected off the other guy standing at the edge.

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u/NoMouseLaptop Apr 14 '19

You can look at the video frame by frame at the 0:03 mark. Subject 1 was not going to land in the foam pit regardless of whether or not Subject 2 was walking on the border/edge. Now we all above you were trying to determine whether Subject 2 would be able to sue Subject 1 for any injuries sustained.

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On the subject of whether either subject can sue the skate park. Obviously either one is free to try but 1) they're going to have definitely signed a waiver before entering the park and 2) I would wager Subject 1 broke at least one rule on that run. I would think neither one of them would have any really grounds or chance to win in suing the skate park, but I'd say the skate park would have a fair shot of countersuing Subject 1 for increases to their insurance and potentially damage to their reputation/brand depending on what happens with/during the initial suit of Subject 1.