Township is probably broke so let’s charge the people who make the 911 phone call
Posted: May 5, 2009 Filed under: Ski Area Leave a comment
People who got hurt are not responsible in this township, let alone the person who legally owes the money.
Brandywine Ski Resort is located in Ohio near Cleveland. Ohio is a state with 88 counties (from grade school in Ohio). Each county is divided further into townships. A township controls the township roads, and in a lot of cases the fire department/ambulance service. A couple of years ago the Sagamore Hills Township passed a law saying if a “business” calls for help more than six times they have to pay $836 for each call.
A lot of cities and counties have a law like this, sort of. The laws are in place because alarms go off all the time and the police show up for no reason other than a big truck drove by in the middle of the night setting off the alarm. Some business will have bills for thousands of dollars because their alarms are going off all year long. However, I have never heard of billing for medical calls.
Brandywine as a ski resort has a lot of people who get hurt. It is a ski resort. Hurt people need transported to the hospital (or at least off the ski area property…). Consequently Brandywine can put them in the back of a truck and take them to the hospital, but that creates liability, greater liability because you are now on the road. You can call a cab for them. Of course the injured person would have to pay the cab driver at the end of the ride and skier wallets are always locked in a locker at the lodge.
But that is the issue, the injured skier is the one responsible for the cost of the ride to the hospital.
The trustees though seem to have forgotten this and on top of that taken the who owes the money idea and twisted it into a pretzel. “Trustees defended the resolution, saying companies like Brandywine should be responsible for handling many of the injuries caused by the inherent dangers of skiing and other activities they offer.” If the dangers are inherent why is Brandywine liable. If the dangers are inherent, then the liability lies solely with the injured party.
“”We’re not going to subsidize a private business for profit,” said Trustee Richard Barrett.” The Trustee is not real sharp. The township is not subsidizing the ski area they are subsidizing the injured skier. That is the person who owes the money for the ride.
Maddening. Next time you are in this township would you pick up the phone to call 911, you might get billed!
And you guys think that attorneys in elected office are a bad thing. At least attorneys would know who is liable.
