Comments on: Suit: You kept me from jumping off the Empire State Building

By: Jason Barney

Jason Barney — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:16:52 +0000

This is plain stupid. I’d wonder if the suit is candidate for summary judgment because some jurisdictions hold that you owe no duty of care to a trespasser.

By: Frank

Frank — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:48:38 +0000

We all suffer from frivolous lawsuits! Jeb Corliss gives a bad name to basejumpers everywhere through his reckless abuse of the legal system.

By: Joe Plotts

Joe Plotts — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:28:11 +0000

Did everyone forget that we live in America? If some douchebag wants to jump off the empire state building LET HIM!!! Especially if he has had years of experience and is well equipped for the jump!!!

By: OBQuiet

OBQuiet — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:29:24 +0000

“If Corless got injured in this stunt he would of course sue the Empire State Building management because they didn’t do enough to prevent him from jumping off the building.”

Of course he could. The building was clearly negligent. That so called security fence was a only one story high, provided ample finger and toe holds and there was no warning sign in 12 inch characters and 12 languages warning that jumping from 1/5 of a mile up could result in bodily injury or death.

They might as well have pushed him!

OB
Who is looking forward to universal browser support of the sarcasm HTML tag.

By: Richard Nieporent

Richard Nieporent — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 08:23:41 +0000

His lawyer, Mark Jay Heller, said the stuntman is currently pursuing his next goal: jumping from an airplane without a parachute and “flying like a squirrel.”

This should make all further prosecution and lawsuits moot.

He also said Corliss, 30, had taken “affirmative steps” to ensure the safety of bystanders when he tried to scale the 10-foot (3-metre) security fence of the building’s 86th floor observatory landing in order to jump off the skyscraper in April 2006.
And yes the judge is an idiot. If Corless got injured in this stunt he would of course sue the Empire State Building management because they didn’t do enough to prevent him from jumping off the building.

By: TC

TC — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:43:20 +0000

Maybe they should have just confiscated his “bag” and let him go?

By: Hazel Stone

Hazel Stone — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:28:27 +0000

I was going to tackle this today, but the suit, countersuit, and now the fact that prosecution is considering charging him again, was more than I could bear. :)

By: AZFlyer

AZFlyer — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:23:54 +0000

Hard to tell which is more frivolous. The building managers suit for $12 million, or the jumper’s suit for $30 million. I think they deserve each other (and their legal fees).

By: Peter Nordberg

Peter Nordberg — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:44:28 +0000

That an unmeritorious cause of action is asserted via counterclaim, you’re suggesting, does not excuse its frivolousness.

Agreed.