Payouts in Outdoor Recreation
Posted: September 29, 2009 Filed under: Uncategorized 1 CommentPayouts in Outdoor Recreation
The information here has been collected from various sources. The accuracy is not guaranteed.
| Year |
Payout
|
Defendant
|
Claim
|
Source
|
| $750,000 | Remlinger Farms | Climbing wall |
http://www.schifferman.com/CM/Custom/Settlements-Verdicts.asp |
|
| 2003 | $250,000 | Mountain Streams Outfitters | Drowned whitewater rafting | |
| 2008 | $400,000 | Sutter County California School District | Improperly tied into the course | $400,000 challenge course settlement for shattered ankle |
| 2009 | $500,000 | Ohio University | Failure to supervise and protect from a fire | OU to pay $500,000 to settle lawsuit with burned student |
| 2009 | $13.M | Cathedral Oaks Athletic Club Summer Camp | Drowning | Death we have commented on allegedly has a $14 million verdict |
| 2009 | $4.7M | Alpine Towers International | Improper equipment and failure to train |
$4.7 million dollar verdict in climbing wall case against Alpine Towers in South Carolina Court |
| 2009 | $2.3M | Boomers | Fall from Climbing Wall |
Another multimillion dollar jury verdict in outdoor recreation |
|
2009
|
$2.36M
|
Kicked by horse
|
Recreation Law 
Jim.
as i read these escalating numbers and read about these cases (rope-list, yuor blog etc…)
I find it just creating an uneasy feeling. The thought that I can get sured for profesional liability from course I recomend or for a mulitude of reasons that lawyers dream up makes our business as it grows uneasy.
Where is our support?
Who is fighting for the outdoor and adventure industry?
Where are out lobyist?
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