[SA Chris]

As an aside to this I have noticed at some walls I've been to in the past that instructors do seen to adopt a  cavalier attitude to unleashing their charges (of all ages) on the bouldering wall, without any mention of potential risks or warnings of potential dangers of walking underneath people climbing, attempting to do do running somersaults onto the mat etc, so maybe some good will come of this.

[GraemeA]

There is an ABC meeting tomorrow. This case is on the agenda.

Mr Alderson, what do you folks think over at the works? Will you be changing your signing in proceedure or just ensuring instructors brief clients thoroughly?

Thankfully our Chief Instructor Michelle the Mini Cheese is on the ball and our instructors already give full saftey briefings to all those under our instruction. This includes a demo of how to fall off. But this case has of course meant that the instructors have been reminded of our policy.

[GraemeA]

Maybe walls should just ban anyone who works in insurance.

Casinos ban some professional card players - same thing

The Warwick Uni case last year was won by the claimant. The claimant was a teacher, does this mean I have to ban all teachers as well.

I also hear that many in the 'professions' are more inclined to sue than blue collar workers. So you are banned Jas 

And don't get me started on Scousers and pavements

[rich d]

Pavements falling off bouldering walls is obviously dangerous do scousers cause similar impact damage if they land on you? 

[GraemeA]

Whenever the Scousers see a pavement about to fall off a bouldering wall they all rush to make sure it lands on them so they can sue. Which could be seen as a very public spirited action as it saves the bankers getting injured

[SA Chris]

Scousers - the avalanche poodles of the bouldering world

[GraemeA]

And of course Scousers sueing you is better than Bankers sueing you as obviously none of them have jobs, well not legal jobs anyway, so they can't claim lost earnings. All they can claim is for new Terry perm if the pavement lands on their heads and a new shell suit when the paramedic cuts the old off 

[Jaspersharpe]

I also hear that many in the 'professions' are more inclined to sue than blue collar workers. So you are banned Jas 

You'll be hearing from my solicitor!

[aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB]

Why didn't she sue her employer, who organized this in the first place as one of those ridiculous little wanky "team building" exercises.

The way you do team building is by doing your job and helping [and management recognizing] your colleagues.

[SA Chris]

I was thinking that. Clearly insufficient RA carried out prior to the "event".

[moose]

I'm sure they can appeal, but it's a matter of costs?

Walls will no doubt watch this and be adding 312 extra disclaimers etc etc to their registration process. 

It's not the first bouldering centre to suffer due to these claims.

It won't be craggy: it'll be their insurance company.  What will happen is what always happens: a claim, successful or not, pushes up insurance costs for all the climbing walls, they try to put processes in place to reduce the costs after  discussion with insurance company, and whatever increase occurs will hit us and our pockets when we climb indoors.

Unless the wall already had suitable procedures agreed with their Insurer that were not followed by staff.  In that case mightn't the Insurer repudient the wall's claim as they did not obey policy clauses?

[Jaspersharpe]

That'd be a job for the loss adjuster.

[Oldmanmatt]

That'd be a job for the loss adjuster.

She did it...

[Paul B]

...

You didn't warn me stamping on my own leg was stupid. SHOW ME THE MONEY! 

[Ru]

Why didn't she sue her employer, who organized this in the first place as one of those ridiculous little wanky "team building" exercises.

Because the employer hasn't been negligent. There's nothing wrong with taking your employees to a climbing wall and employing instructors to take care of them.

[Wipey Why]

http://sportslawnews.wordpress.com/2012/03/21/jumping-backward-to-poppleton-again-why-pinchbeck-v-craggy-island-ltd-2012-2012-all-er-d-121-mar-may-have-been-wrongly-decided/

[SA Chris]

Nice diatribe from sloper in the comments section too.

[slackline]

Nice diatribe from sloper in the comments section too.

It lives!

[Jaspersharpe]

Typo in second para.