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Old Sun Jan 16, 2011, 04:21pm
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JAR a lot of it would have to be what the video shows. Since neither of us have seen it, then I would not say there is no merit to them being in the law suit.
No matter what the video shows, the officials are not responsible for injuries, in spite of what the fans say: "Y'all are gonna let somebody get hurt out there!"
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Old Sun Jan 16, 2011, 04:37pm
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No matter what the video shows, the officials are not responsible for injuries, in spite of what the fans say: "Y'all are gonna let somebody get hurt out there!"
And you know this because.....

If we are not responsible, why do we carry insurance?
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Old Sun Jan 16, 2011, 04:42pm
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If we are not responsible, why do we carry insurance?
What about negligence? Official observes a kid with a metal splint on his finger, examines it, and mistakenly allows it. In the game the metal splint pokes out the eye of another player.
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Old Sun Jan 16, 2011, 04:44pm
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And you know this because.....

If we are not responsible, why do we carry insurance?
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What about negligence? Official observes a kid with a metal splint on his finger, examines it, and mistakenly allows it. In the game the metal splint pokes out the eye of another player.
What law was broken?
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Old Sun Jan 16, 2011, 04:50pm
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What law was broken?
We are talking about a CIVIL lawsuit, not a CRIMINAL one. Proof of negligence in your duties is grounds for a judgement against you.
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Old Mon Jan 17, 2011, 04:10pm
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What law was broken?

Tort law has nothing to do with criminal law. In the situation that Billy gave, the officials failed to enforce a safety rule and that caused a player to be injured. The officials could and should be found civilly liable for negligence in Billy's secnario.

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Old Mon Jan 17, 2011, 04:21pm
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Tort law has nothing to do with criminal law. In the situation that Billy gave, the officials failed to enforce a safety rule and that caused a player to be injured. The officials could and should be found civilly liable for negligence in Billy's secnario.

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Failure to enforce a safety rule in this case is subject to a very wide range of interpretation, is it not?
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Tort law has nothing to do with criminal law. In the situation that Billy gave, the officials failed to enforce a safety rule and that caused a player to be injured. The officials could and should be found civilly liable for negligence in Billy's secnario.

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Failure to enforce a safety rule in this case is subject to a very wide range of interpretation, is it not?
Yeah, in a court of civil law. Which is why we need insurance and sometimes the need for counsel.

Do you think everything will be dropped just because you don't thinks it's an issue?
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Tort law has nothing to do with criminal law. In the situation that Billy gave, the officials failed to enforce a safety rule and that caused a player to be injured. The officials could and should be found civilly liable for negligence in Billy's secnario.MTD, Sr.
All of you should pay close attention to Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.'s post. His college roommate was John Jay, and my guess is that he picked up a few pointers from him.
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All of you should pay close attention to Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.'s post. His college roommate was John Jay, and my guess is that he picked up a few pointers from him.

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I think that you and I get all of our legal advise from IAABO's Alan Goldbeger.

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What about negligence? Official observes a kid with a metal splint on his finger, examines it, and mistakenly allows it. In the game the metal splint pokes out the eye of another player.
This could be a case against us. But it hardly applies to the OP.
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This could be a case against us. But it hardly applies to the OP.
Billy's post was in response to the question as to why we would need insurance.
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Billy's post was in response to the question as to why we would need insurance.
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Good news for all Forum members. All the holiday nog is gone.
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Old Sun Jan 16, 2011, 05:16pm
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And you know this because.....

If we are not responsible, why do we carry insurance?
Because of the headaches involved. jar is right, as far as I've read, the number of officials actually declared liable for injuries during play is zero. Insurance is so we get legal representantion for the time it takes the judge to throw our names off the list of defendants.
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