05-16-2008, 01:48 PM | #1 |
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Interesting night playing ball at an outlying stake center
6'5" baller goes up for the dunk, slams it home, grabs rim--CRASH. Rim comes down and glass goes flying.
The breakaway didn't breakaway. I found out after the fact that the rim came down on the back of a player (I had never seen before) and caused an "ugly" gash on his back. First time I have seen a backboard devastated, not on TV. One game I had to guard this dude, who was just dominating me in the post. He probably had 3 inches on me and he definitely had 55lb on me. Rock solid. No help from my teammates. |
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05-16-2008, 02:19 PM | #3 | |
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It was bam-bam. Plus the rim was wobbly in the first place. Church could be (should be?) sued, in light of the injury to the guy below. |
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05-16-2008, 07:05 PM | #4 |
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That would be a fair outcome. I'm sure they have general liablity insurance. But I heard the LDS Church excomunicates members who sue (regardless of insurance), and it's automatic. So he needs to conduct a cost-benefit analysis. But my advice would be sue.
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05-16-2008, 07:26 PM | #5 |
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I believe he was a non-member.
By the way, I helped win a game when we were overmatched by preventing the winning bucket (without falling), and in the process hit my head and could have had a concussion. Personally, I would throw out the suit because there is the expectation of danger when playing basketball, and blowed backboards are not unheard of. |
05-16-2008, 07:28 PM | #6 |
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Breakaway rim, moron. And it was not like he hung for a sec, then broke.
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It is called assumption of the risk.
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05-16-2008, 07:31 PM | #8 |
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I know you are just feeling light-hearted today and so are trying to yank a few chains, but for the record, this statement of yours is not true.
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