Primary school teacher, 50, loses £60,000 legal battle against Go Ape when she broke her leg on a slide as judge rules ‘there are inherent risks in undertaking adventure activities’ | Daily Mail Online
Primary school teacher, 50, loses £60,000 legal battle against Go Ape when she broke her leg on a slide as judge rules ‘there are inherent risks in undertaking adventure activities’ | Daily Mail Online
“Her trainer became caught, leaving her leg broken in three places, ‘floppy’ and ‘bent in half at 45 degrees’ after the accident in the site’s Nets Kingdom area, which Central London County Court heard was designed for three to 12-year-olds.”
I’m 50 and I went on a kid’s slide not designed for me and accidentally broke my leg give me money.
Spuzzell_ on
Does a few upvotes make up for the fact that people now know you read the Daily Mail
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>The reality is you have a handful of minor incidents on this slide before the accident,’ he said.
>’It is socially desirable for adventure parks to be able to operate…There is a social utility to these types of activities.
>’Of course that doesn’t mean that the defendant can throw caution to the wind and must take such measures to assure that its users are reasonably safe.
>'[But] it was a course that was put together with professional advice to professional standards.
>’It was a nasty injury and it was a very unpleasant accident, but that is what it was. This claim is dismissed.’
Refreshingly sensible. Nice to find a judge with half a brain. It’s a shitty and horrible accident and she has my every sympathy.
Adm_Shelby2 on
Might seem harsh but sounds fair, accidents do happen.
Significant_Sale6172 on
Sucks for her but correct decision. I can see play areas getting closed down because of BS like this.
Less_Mess_5803 on
Mrs Mountain, who teaches year one and two children, sued Adventure Forest Ltd, trading as Go Ape, for £60,000 in compensation claiming the slide – which was later replaced – was ‘too dangerous’ and ‘not reasonably safe for operation’
In that case it could equally be argued that she should not be allowed to look after children as she obviously has very poor judgement when it comes to health and safety issues.
Compared to the slides I remember as a kid (ridiculously high with almost no handrail and a very hard surface to land on when you were ejected at the bottom with 3rd degree burns from the baking metal surface!) this looks much safer.
Protect-the-dollz on
This seems really fair.
Unfortunate for the individual, but the judge is right. It is not the duty of the state to remove all risk from life.
There is no evidence Go Ape were negligent here- previous injuries had been rare and minor.
PetersMapProject on
There’s some people who appear unable to accept that life has risks, sometimes shit happens, and it isn’t always someone else’s fault.
TheGardenBlinked on
Was it officially determined in court that the slide was built for children up to 12? I know the article says that, I just can’t see why a reasonable solicitor would have represented the claim if those details were so cut and dried
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“Her trainer became caught, leaving her leg broken in three places, ‘floppy’ and ‘bent in half at 45 degrees’ after the accident in the site’s Nets Kingdom area, which Central London County Court heard was designed for three to 12-year-olds.”
I’m 50 and I went on a kid’s slide not designed for me and accidentally broke my leg give me money.
Does a few upvotes make up for the fact that people now know you read the Daily Mail
>The reality is you have a handful of minor incidents on this slide before the accident,’ he said.
>’It is socially desirable for adventure parks to be able to operate…There is a social utility to these types of activities.
>’Of course that doesn’t mean that the defendant can throw caution to the wind and must take such measures to assure that its users are reasonably safe.
>'[But] it was a course that was put together with professional advice to professional standards.
>’It was a nasty injury and it was a very unpleasant accident, but that is what it was. This claim is dismissed.’
Refreshingly sensible. Nice to find a judge with half a brain. It’s a shitty and horrible accident and she has my every sympathy.
Might seem harsh but sounds fair, accidents do happen.
Sucks for her but correct decision. I can see play areas getting closed down because of BS like this.
Mrs Mountain, who teaches year one and two children, sued Adventure Forest Ltd, trading as Go Ape, for £60,000 in compensation claiming the slide – which was later replaced – was ‘too dangerous’ and ‘not reasonably safe for operation’
In that case it could equally be argued that she should not be allowed to look after children as she obviously has very poor judgement when it comes to health and safety issues.
Compared to the slides I remember as a kid (ridiculously high with almost no handrail and a very hard surface to land on when you were ejected at the bottom with 3rd degree burns from the baking metal surface!) this looks much safer.
This seems really fair.
Unfortunate for the individual, but the judge is right. It is not the duty of the state to remove all risk from life.
There is no evidence Go Ape were negligent here- previous injuries had been rare and minor.
There’s some people who appear unable to accept that life has risks, sometimes shit happens, and it isn’t always someone else’s fault.
Was it officially determined in court that the slide was built for children up to 12? I know the article says that, I just can’t see why a reasonable solicitor would have represented the claim if those details were so cut and dried