Comments on: “Please Disregard That ‘We’re Not Blaming the Park’ Thing”

By: Todd Rogers

Todd Rogers — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:59:59 +0000

Maybe a simple “Help Wanted” sign would do the trick.

By: Bill Poser

Bill Poser — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:14:00 +0000

No one has mentioned the perfect solution: if the parents want compensation for their loss, they should sue their son’s estate.

By: Igor

Igor — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:26:46 +0000

Todd, you made several assumptions that are patently incorrect…
1) you assumed the kid could read,
2) you assumed the kid could comprehend what they just read, and
3) you assumed the kid understand what “personal responsibility” really means.

The sign would be ineffective, I’m afraid. Sigh.

By: Todd Rogers

Todd Rogers — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:28:24 +0000

I think an effective warning sign for today's kids should read, "Warning, beyond this fence you will find personal responsibility. Proceed with caution."

By: Hikaru

Hikaru — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:39:14 +0000

Jessy: Clearly you don’t read overlawyered.com very often, or if you do, reality hasn’t set it. It’s not whether you have ground to sue or not, it’s whether you can convince a judge and a bunch of jurors that the poor, poor, parents have suffered an inconsolable loss from having their undisciplined son get killed because he did something stupid and therefore should get truckloads of money.

This isn’t about the law, it’s about how to play the courts and juries.

By: RNB

RNB — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:26:22 +0000

‘The father of a South Carolina teenager decapitated by a roller coaster …said Sunday that family members may never know why he hopped two fences to enter a restricted area.’ I would suggest asking the other kid who was with him.

By: Melvin H.

Melvin H. — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:25:50 +0000

Maybe a “chutzpah” tag as well??

By: Todd Rogers

Todd Rogers — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:04:01 +0000

You guys should think about adding a Darwin tag.

By: Melvin H.

Melvin H. — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:59:19 +0000

Richard, don’t forget to blame the momma–how about her?
(Maybe the parents could be hauled in for negligence–not telling their kid that “no means no”, and “stay out” means “don’t go there”!)

By: Richard Blaine

Richard Blaine — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:43:59 +0000

Attorney Lamar Flatt should include the state of South Carolina in his possible suit because the education system failed to teach this poor fellow how to read. He should also include the boy’s daddy. That man evidently failed to teach the boy respect for people’s property and just some good old common sense. Two six-foot fences weren’t enough?

Six Flags Atlanta should sue the boy’s estate for criminal trespass, loss of income, and psychological distress and trauma. There is something called contributory negligence in South Carolina. Here is a clear case of that in action.