 Poster: A snowHead
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Blackcomb Skiing Enterprises is being sued by the B.C. government to recover the health care costs of a snowboarder injured 2 years ago while skiing at the resort. Amanda Yan was snowboarding on the Crystal Road run, when her snowboard caught an edge, causing her to slide down a steep embankment and over a cliff, the legal action claims. ...She suffered a mild traumatic brain injury, dislocated two vertebrae and fractured three other vertebrae, fractured her right thigh bone, a wrist bone in her right hand, and suffered injuries to a lung and left kidney, the plaintiff claims.
The province claims the ski hill was negligent in failing to erect a barrier that would have prevented Yan from going down the snow bank and over the cliff, and failed to erect a sign warning users of a sharp drop-off and cliff.
For more see: http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Government+sues+Blackcomb+over+crash/3589114/story.html#ixzz10pqbB1Ji
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Sad but falling off a cat track can't realistically be anything other than user error. Clearly the BC government want to bankrupt one of their own major tourist revenue generators by forcing ski resorts to place padding around every tree inbound if you take it to the extreme.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Wow. Interesting that a third party is bringing the action.
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It's just going to close all the "road" type runs if Gov wins... Not only here with some of the nicest road runs but also across most resorts...
Well they could erect barriers and we would have to pay about 4 times if not more (a guess) as much for lift passes...
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Nah, just another sad example of the problems with litigious societies with no win no fee litigation...
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under a new name, it's the government suing to recover medical costs though - that's the weird thing for me. maybe the NHS should look into that?
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| Arno wrote: |
| maybe the NHS should look into that? |
Its a brave new world of 2 lots of ambulance chasers chasing every ambulance.
"Injured in an accident? Not your fault? Call NHS direct (they might as well be of some use).
Where there's a blame theres a credible route to public deficit reduction"
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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No matter what happens... Austria won't give a chaff!
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Arno, sure, what I meant was that although it's Canada, it's representative of the attitude so increasingly present that it's someone else's fault, so we can sue.
Uninsured losses (i.e. too cheap to pay for decent cover?) let someone else pay.
Probably cheaper, safer and more fun all round to ban snowboarding, really... 
Presumably BC has some form of regulations regarding ski resort operation so W-B can simply counter sue the state government for not regulating them properly?
Pretty obvious who the winners are.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Tsk, typical snowboarder 
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Clearly this whole thing is ridiculous. Why would gov sue whistler? It just opens it up for everyone else to sue. Surely they should set an example by not suing!?
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Very dubious precedent being set that will hopefully be laughed out of court. What is the next stage, suing the snowboarder to recover health care costs because of participation in an activity the state has decided was an unnecessary exposure to risk! 
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You know it makes sense.
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It is unlikely to happen in Europe like that as we still dont pursue the group actions and lawsuits like they to in the states.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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It's a shame she didn't fall off a bigger drop...
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Poster: A snowHead
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| croskemj wrote: |
| It is unlikely to happen in Europe like that as we still dont pursue the group actions and lawsuits like they to in the states. |
Don't like to be picky but...
'in the states', the crazy kanuks will be in uproar. 
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