This is our current culture -- not my fault.

This could be another one of those "McDonald's coffee scalding" stories that the RWers love to trot out but leave out very important facts that change most people's views of the situation significantly.

His own quotes are pretty damning, that he made a decision of his own volition to do something that anyone with half a brain would have realized had at least some small potential for self-injury. Is the park supposed to put 'Do not climb' signs on all of the trees, as well, to prevent them from 'calling out' to the 'athletically inclined' and prevent them from falling out of a tree and breaking their necks?

What about handrails? What about the "no climbing" sign ITSELF? Sure it is telling me not to climb the rocks but what is telling me not to climb the sign?

... it's too dangerous.

My experience on a jury makes me believe that people are more than happy to give away money if it isn't their own.

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Stoopid attorney too, but at least he gets paid something by his client.

hopefully weeds out bad suits as attorneys get nothing if no recovery. But that doesn't mean there are no dumb attorneys out there.

A pal of mine and myself tripped balls 30 years ago at a local gorge. In the midst of it, while I was trying to decipher what the waterfall was telegraphing to me ( ), he had the bright idea to scale DOWN the rock face! Of course, I was too hyper-focused on the waterfall to stop him until I realized he'd disappeared!

I walked to the edge and saw him three-fourths the way down it. Like the imbecile I can be at times, I yelled to him, "There's a purple snake on your back, man!" He looked (there WAS no snake), lost his grip and fell into the water. Uninjured, he climbed back up and said, "I'm not tripping with you again!" Can't blame him...

You sir, are no adult. Perhaps a dolt.

Stupidity deserves a payment of $0.00

trainer with this in his background - it does not strike me as a professional recommendation...

I remember going there as a kid, and people would climb WAY UP on the old gas works.

Haven't been there in decades, though, so maybe the city has made it more difficult to do so.

climbing all over things while their parents either:

A. think it's cute; or

B. were to busy to pay attention to them.

The moral of this story is train your kids when they are young or they turn into morons like this.

I can see it now, "The City knew it was dangerous because they had a sign stating such."

"I ran and jumped it, and I pretty much knew exactly what happened right away. I tried to stand up and fell back down on my face completely,” for which somebody (other than me) needs to be held responsible!

"...large boulder in a Hudson River Park that he says was just begging to be climbed."



Quit trying to cash in. You chose to climb a rock, you fell and got hurt. It happens to the best of us. Suck it up, take some responsibility.

Let alone sue and have the whole world know how dumb I was.

Title 21 Miscellaneous
Chapter XVI Hudson River Park Trust
Part 751 Hudson River Park Rules and Regulations
s 751.6 Prohibited activities and uses.

The potential for stupid lawsuits from stupid folks boggles the mind

It sppears thatbwe have a burgeoning lawsuit culture.

Rocks really DO beg to be climbed...


just like wild animals in the zoo just beg for someone to stick his head in between the bars of the cages


jeeze!

My wife tells me that God protects fools and small children, though.