Why no help?

[Dan_ref]

Originally posted by Pirate
I am a bit surprised that no one has mentioned the dreaded "liability" word yet in this post. Although there is no precedent that I am aware of concerning an official working solo, I can only imagine that it is a matter of time before some parent (who sees their kid injured in a game with an official working solo) sues a solo-working official. Of course, some attorney will note that the official or his/her association was negligent in not providing the required number of officials for the contest in question, thus leading or contributing to the injury. Which begs another question. Are there any associations out there that are refusing to work one-man mechanics for liability reasons? And if not, are there any lawyers out there that can elaborate on this issue?

Can't go through life worrying if you're gonna get sued.

But...I believe most game fee insurance packages only cover scheduled games. Now that I think of it I would be much more concerned with my insurance company using this as a loop hole to not pay me if I got hurt jumping in to help than I would getting sued by a parent. But I'm not gonna lose sleep over either.