Sanity wins one. Awesome.

Eventually all public places will need to be staffed with a person in a suit of armor carrying a rubber chicken, to hit people over the head when they do stupid-arse things.

/I'd almost be willing to volunteer for this duty.

oldebayer: Eventually all public places will need to be staffed with a person in a suit of armor carrying a rubber chicken, to hit people over the head when they do stupid-arse things.

/I'd almost be willing to volunteer for this duty.

I liked Bill Engvall's idea, but instead of applying it on airplanes, apply it everywhere.
Just have someone carry the skinny part of a fishing rod, and whenever someone does something stupid, just pop 'em on the neck.

oldebayer: Eventually all public places will need to be staffed with a person in a suit of armor carrying a rubber chicken, to hit people over the head when they do stupid-arse things.

/I'd almost be willing to volunteer for this duty.

I'd be willing to fill in when you're off duty.

I wonder if she'll appeal?

Wow. How the hell did she survive that?

Remove all Republicans: Why is this so great? She's hurt and the state could well afford it. Now, every taxpayer is going to be paying for her medical expenses, instead of the people who could have prevented this.

Obvious troll is obvious. Into the ignore, obvious troll!

chakalakasp: Wow. How the hell did she survive that?

If it had been a Long Island girl I would have said she landed on her hair, but she's from Putnam County so I'm not sure.

Good. People who wander into parks and trailheads in crap attire need to suffer. Flip-flops should be reserved for your Wal-mart shopping experiences.

/hates the "great outdoors"
//somehow still loves her some EMS gear

She must have been ugly.

They are just being sexist NeoCons!

/Typical Total Farker

Remove all Republicans: the people who could have prevented this.

Why is she not included in this group? Why is not her responsibility to not be a dumbass? Why must I respond to trolls?

Milano rejected Marino's contention that the state "failed to adequately warn of the dangers involving the falls and the stream leading to the falls, and failed to provide some type of barrier of platform to prevent persons from falling from the top of the falls."

If the name of the feature wasn't an indication of its danger, you should do the world a favor and off yourself.

/I'll give her credit for trying though

Her lawyer, if she had one, should be dropped over the same falls with a 115-foot rope around his balls.

I'm a plaintiff's side attorney, and it really makes me scratch my head when I read about these cases. Unless she sued without representation (pro se), what sane attorney hears this during an intake appointment and thinks that it's a case worth taking?

I get these people coming into my office on occasion, where, due to an astonishing lack of common sense, they suffered an injury and now want to sue someone for it. It takes more than a little self control to not lecture them about the dangers of stupidity and berate them for wasting my time.

These are the kinds of cases that make people hate attorneys. Sheesh.

She ought to be suing the "friend" who blind folded her and then took her for a walk over the falls.

They need to make that waterfall higher, so the next idiot dies.

I think she might have had a valid lawsuit, but she filed it against the wrong people. From the article it seems likely that this was part of a birthday prank where her 'friends' blindfolded her and took her someplace to lead her around, still blindfolded. She put her trust in these friends and they let her down. The real guilty idiots are the ones that put her in that position. Of course, the state had deeper pockets than her friends....

Oddly enough "Kaaterskill" sounds like onomatopoeia for a woman and fanny pack landing in a rocky stream.

simpsonfan: They need to make that waterfall higher, so the next idiot dies.

Agreed.

/hates it when someone so deserving slips through Darwin's clutches

Damn, that's one way to break up with your girlfriend...

FTFA: Her friend, Itzamargrid Ramos, had taken Marino to the falls as a 20th birthday surprise

And I'm sure it was.

She landed in a stream, where she remained for about 90 minutes before rescue crews could get to her.

The state should sue her to recover costs associated with the rescue. Or a taxpayer should as it is our money spent to get her out of a jam that she caused.

And this thing about the blindfold: someone is obviously lying. Isn't perjury a punishable crime?

tiggerfreak:

/hates it when someone so deserving slips through Darwin's clutches

Darn. I came in here to say that. He seems to be missing a lot lately.

"I am stupid. I hurt myself by being stupid. Now I want you to pay for me hurting myself being stupid so I can continue being stupid."

Someone hand me my rifle.

Gyrfalcon: "I am stupid. I hurt myself by being stupid. Now I want you to pay for me hurting myself being stupid so I can continue being stupid."

Someone hand me my rifle.

pxlboy

Savage, very nice. I have one similar.

bisenbek: Sarah Palin's Crazy Cakes Church

YouTube Video

Brilliant relevant post.

"Brilliant relevant post"

Probably intended for the creepy clown thread.

Pointless personal injury cases are what's killing [or killed] America's legal system.

amazing_live_seamonkeys: bisenbek: Sarah Palin's Crazy Cakes Church

YouTube Video

Brilliant relevant post.

I suspect bisenbek originally meant to post it in the xtian clown thread. This one is the boobies and the clown post is 35 seconds later.

El Morro: I'm a plaintiff's side attorney, and it really makes me scratch my head when I read about these cases. Unless she sued without representation (pro se), what sane attorney hears this during an intake appointment and thinks that it's a case worth taking?

I get these people coming into my office on occasion, where, due to an astonishing lack of common sense, they suffered an injury and now want to sue someone for it. It takes more than a little self control to not lecture them about the dangers of stupidity and berate them for wasting my time.

These are the kinds of cases that make people hate attorneys. Sheesh.

Do share some stories.

Helios1182:

These are the kinds of cases that make people hate attorneys. Sheesh.

Do share some stories.

First person to bring up McDonald's coffee gets 3rd degree burns to the genitals.

"...the former friends, now estranged..."

Estranged? Really. You don't say.

H_is_for_Heretic: First person to bring up McDonald's coffee gets 3rd degree burns to the genitals.

But she was driving her son's sports car which didn't have any cup holders, so she had no choice but to place the improperly-labeled scalding hot beverage between her legs. Sheesh!

El Morro: It takes more than a little self control to not lecture them about the dangers of stupidity and berate them for wasting my time.

Please get rid of your self-control. Idiots need to be told.

Samsaran: Not too long ago a German tourist sued the U.S. government after he was mauled while petting a Grizzly bear in Yellowstone.

How in the fark did he get close enough to- never mind. Never underestimate the power of stupid.

I dunno. I recently slipped and fell at a store, there was a puddle on the floor that I didn't see, I got bruised up and my elbow still hurts. It's been over a month and I still have shooting pain down my arm. I'm pretty sure that's not normal. The insurance company still isn't even willing to pay my medical bills.

I know there are stupid people out there, but if someone slips and falls when they were doing nothing wrong and were just going about their business, it shouldn't take a farking lawsuit to get medical bills paid. There's a difference between people suing just to get easy money and being a dickhead insurance guy because you can be.

I know this is kind of off subject, but I'm pissed off at them and my arm farking hurts.

chakalakasp: Wow. How the hell did she survive that?

Holy shiat that looks awesome. Now, to the litigous - would it look nicer covered in guard-rails and warning signs?

Look, this will not be a visctory to sanity unless that there's some way that she can no longer make a lawsuit for her lack of neurons.

Remember the pants lawsuit?.

Any pics of the afore mentioned Lezzies
What were they doing in the woods together anyway. Come to that what were they doing out of the house??

OK maybe I read the article wrong, but did it not say that she was blindfolded because her guy-who-was-a-friend kept her blindfolded the entire time? ( even though she said she wasn't )

So, while I agree it was not the States fault in any way, if she should go after anyone it should be him.

/Got a feeling he was going to propose or something.... oops!

EmmaLou: it shouldn't take a farking lawsuit to get medical bills paid.

She should have her own insurance cover it. If she doesn't have any...then she's screwed. Time to get a second job.

Its people like this biatch that ruin many of the good parks in this world. Fences piss me off.

Look, nature is going to kill you. You will fall off a cliff, and some animal will eat you. That should be all the warning you need.

Personal responsibility surrenders.

/Damn the French
/What?

shipofthesun
Samsaran: Not too long ago a German tourist sued the U.S. government after he was mauled while petting a Grizzly bear in Yellowstone.

How in the fark did he get close enough to- never mind. Never underestimate the power of stupid.

A couple of years ago, I went with some friends to Asateague Island to see the wild ponies and we saw a first-hand example of this kind of stupid. There was a foal grazing a short distance away from a group of mares and a stallion and this guy was dragging his young son over to "pet the pony" despite the signs that explicitly say not to approach them. The kid was crying and the adult horses were pacing and obviously upset but he kept insisting "Go ahead. It's just a little guy. He won't hurt you" until the stallion was forced to lunge at him. Fortunately, he just wanted to scare the man and not hurt him because he or the kid could easily have been kicked or bitten. The man looked so offended and surprised ("oh, THAT one isn't very nice!") that I'm sure he was the type who would have demanded compensation if something had happened.

ultraholland: But she was driving her son's sports car which didn't have any cup holders, so she had no choice but to place the improperly-labeled scalding hot beverage between her legs. Sheesh!

Actually:
1) She was a passenger, not driving
2) as far as I know, it's unknown whether or not the car had cupholders
3) she placed the hot cup of coffee between her (pointy sharp) knees, not her legs. This is important, as her (hard) knees made a nice pivot which the cup could turn on. If it had been between her legs, which have muscle and fat on them, the cup would have been held better, and would not have tipped.
4) The cup did have a warning on it. (This is ignoring the fact that any idiot knows that hot coffee is... hot.)

Never under any circumstance would I let my "friends" blindfold me and lead me into the wilderness. That is clearly stupid and reckless on her part as well as theirs. No one should be sued for a lesson she learned the hard way.