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Ridiculous! But lawyers gonna lawyer. That kid would have been been lucky to make it to college at all - a lot of young men don't today - much less to make it there without first developing health problems from obesity which would cut short any pro sports career. We've all known kids (or, more accurately, parents) who've dreamed of a making the big time one day. How many actually made it? It'd also be ridiculous to erect a monument in an amusement park or dismantle a ride that's perfectly safe, judging by its track record, when run properly with size limitations.
Lawyers in my part of Jersey are bad, I got a ticket that cost about $25, no license points, it was more of a joke... I can't count how many mailings I got from attorneys to fight the ticket. It was crazy!
At 14 the recruiters were for college football, even now it's early for that.
Way too early to think about the NFL. So much can happen between now and playing college football. A friend of my brother in law has a brother that went from his NJ high school to playing for Kansas College. He had head hunters, actually made it playing for the Rams but his football career was cut very short by an injury. He then acted in a few 80's movies but that didn't go far either. He ended up dying young.
He was a big guy like this kid. Sometimes, the bigger they are the faster they fall.
Thanks for the input, that percent doesn't surprise me. You figure the NFL teams only have so many vacancies to fill, especially these days with so many of them retiring when they're older.
Thanks for confirming how hard it is.
While it's only one factor, his (potential) NFL career was mentioned very early; IIRC by his parents before they hired attorneys. It was then mentioned again.
I'll be surprised if they don't try to use it to try to get more money, saying that he would have made millions per year playing for an NFL team.
I wonder if the public will be able to follow the lawsuit until it's finished. My guess is they will settle quietly.
I hope they get every cent this company has. If it were my child, I would be driven by pure anger and want to bleed them dry. I don't fault these parents for whatever they ask for.
Ridiculous! But lawyers gonna lawyer. That kid would have been been lucky to make it to college at all - a lot of young men don't today - much less to make it there without first developing health problems from obesity which would cut short any pro sports career. We've all known kids (or, more accurately, parents) who've dreamed of a making the big time one day. How many actually made it? It'd also be ridiculous to erect a monument in an amusement park or dismantle a ride that's perfectly safe, judging by its track record, when run properly with size limitations.
He was also an Honor student, so I think he'd have made it to college with or without football.
I hope they get every cent this company has. If it were my child, I would be driven by pure anger and want to bleed them dry. I don't fault these parents for whatever they ask for.
Well, that would be irrational - but that's how most people operate.
An update on the 14 year old. He was 383 lbs. The max weight for the ride is 287 lbs
What was in the manual for the ride operators....did being PC lead to that poor kid's death ?
He was Black and he was fat....two "no-no's" in this society to address.
https://nypost.com/2022/06/13/tyre-s...bs-over-limit/
“Be careful when seeing if large guests fit into the seats,” a manual for the attraction states. “Check that they fit within the contours of the seat and the bracket fits properly. If this is not so — Do not let this person ride.”
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HIs friends told investigators that he had been turned away from other rides the day of his death because of his size.
So some teenager working a few hours for minimum wage was supposed to judge whether or not this person "fit within the contours of the seat"? There was a light to indicate "go" or "no go," and that light indicated "go," as I understand things...
So some teenager working a few hours for minimum wage was supposed to judge whether or not this person "fit within the contours of the seat"? There was a light to indicate "go" or "no go," and that light indicated "go," as I understand things...
The seat restraint was adjusted for him so the ride would run, resulting in a gap in the restraint that was just wide enough that gravitational forces pushed him through and he slipped out from under the restraint.
All the ride owners had to do was post the weight restrictions that are in the operations manual. If he had been informed at the ride entrance that he was 40 pounds heavier than the max weight he probably would never have tried to go on.
It does seem like it was up to individual judgement. The two rides he tried to go on before this one had operators that told him he was too large to ride them safely.
All the ride owners had to do was post the weight restrictions that are in the operations manual. If he had been informed at the ride entrance that he was
40 pounds heavier than the max weight he probably would never have tried to go on.
Not 40 lbs. heavier! He was close to 100 lbs heavier than the max weight.
He weighed 383. Max weight is 287. Take 383 minus 287 and it equals 96 lbs over.
Those numbers came from the link above.
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The autopsy of a teen who died after plunging from an Orlando amusement park ride revealed the horrific extent of his injuries and that he was 96 pounds over the ride’s weight limit.
So some teenager working a few hours for minimum wage was supposed to judge whether or not this person "fit within the contours of the seat"? There was a light to indicate "go" or "no go," and that light indicated "go," as I understand things...
Yes, or the company should have gotten an older more experienced employee to do this job. Of course, that would probably have cost them more money.
Either way, the company is responsible legally when its employee makes a careless decision. It was careless to seat a passenger who was 100 pounds over the acceptable weight.
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