Comments on: Zoo fall blamed on splashy dolphins

By: September 9 roundup

September 9 roundup — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 04:06:50 +0000

[…] Lawyer who filed “splashy-dolphin” slip-fall action against Chicago-area zoo is heard from [On Point News, earlier] […]

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:20:24 +0000

I will take up the challenge in place of Zoo-Book Guy.

Dolphins and porpoises are closely related, and the words are sometimes used interchangeably, but these are two different “families” within the suborder of toothed whales — orcas being another one, for example. Porpoises have smaller heads and shorter beaks, and so far as I know, have not starred in any television shows.

By: Dave Lincoln

Dave Lincoln — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 06:04:28 +0000

People, don’t piss off the dolphins, even if you think you are God because you are a lawyer. Dolphins are not fish, people; they are mammals. They have their own society where they conduct finance, manufacture goods, and generate services (all of it under the sea, I might add, which is still beyond us humans). However, the dolphins will not put up with the sharks (their word for lawyers), and they will gang up and kill fairly big sharks using only their noses. That shows you right there which of us mammalians have a true “society”. We have a lot to learn from these might fish, I mean mammals, or whatever!

BTW, zoo-book guy, what is the difference, if any, between a dolphin and a porpose? Really, no joking here.

By: Allen Nyhuis

Allen Nyhuis — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 03:00:35 +0000

Wow, I sure hope the Zoo beats this legal charge! This is the kind of case that we need “tort reform” for. After the Zoo wins this case, the woman should have to pay both sides’ legal expenses. Going to the dolphin show and having them splash the crowd is one of the funnest parts of the show! The Brookfield Zoo’s dolphin show is one of the best.

Allen Nyhuis, Coauthor: America’s Best Zoos

By: kimsch

kimsch — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:56:25 +0000

OMG. I have been there plenty of times. People CHOOSE to sit in the front seats to get splashed. The zoo has put the handicapped seating in the front because of the stadium seating, but to the sides, where they won’t get splashed.

This is absolutely ridiculous. It is absolutely an open and obvious danger. IIRC, there are “wet floor” cones as well.

By: Conservative Compendium » Splashing Dolphins Elicit Lawsuit

Conservative Compendium » Splashing Dolphins Elicit Lawsuit — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:00:10 +0000

[…] commenter at Overlawyered asks if there is still liability if they didn’t do it on porpoise. I hate myself for […]

By: W. Rogers Turner, Jr.

W. Rogers Turner, Jr. — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:13:41 +0000

IS THERE STILL LIABILITY IF THEY DIDN’T DO IT ON PORPOISE?

By: Doug

Doug — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:10:43 +0000

What, how long has those dolphins been throwing water into the stands and soaking the floor? I am sure this was not an open and obvious danger.

By: Bob Lipton

Bob Lipton — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:51:19 +0000

Water at a place where there are dolphins? Clearly immoral.

Bob