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The school's not liable and how ridiculous of you to think it is. Kids get hurt...especially athletic kids. Go ahead and sue the school so that there won't be any sports for the kids to play eventually.
My daughter is on the school volleyball team. While she was in a play during a school game she fell backwards and hurt her wrist. The coach put ice on it and said it's probably just sprained. I took her to the doctor immediately after and it turns out she fractured her wrist. How liable is the school for her injury? I'm not looking to sue the school or anything, I just want to make sure she is protected. Thanks!
Where did you get the idea that the school would be liable?
Where did you get the idea that the school would be liable?
My guess is that the OP's daughter never gets hurt, it's a possible payday or she doesn't go by the theory that sometimes stuff just happens. I'm guessing she doesn't have a son either because those lovable idiots constantly put themselves in physical danger without thinking. Raising boys makes you immune to fretting over injuries. Then again, I'm a nurse and I minimize a lot.
Anyway, four active kids under eighteen in this house and had I thought about it, I could sue: the school, the YMCA, the opposing school one was playing, the woods, the neighbors, the park, the rockwall along my driveway, the coach, ourselves, and plenty more I can't think about right now.
My daughter is on the school volleyball team. While she was in a play during a school game she fell backwards and hurt her wrist. The coach put ice on it and said it's probably just sprained. I took her to the doctor immediately after and it turns out she fractured her wrist. How liable is the school for her injury? I'm not looking to sue the school or anything, I just want to make sure she is protected. Thanks!
The minute you use the phrase "liable for the injury," then you are thinking in terms of legal action whether you want to admit it or not.
Unless you can prove abusive conduct outside of the normal rigors of athletics, you'd have a seriously hard time making this stick. She voluntarily signed up for volleyball and you likely signed a sheaf of releases and forms. This means that you voluntarily shouldered the manifest risks of a daughter playing competitive volleyball.
My daughter is on the school volleyball team. While she was in a play during a school game she fell backwards and hurt her wrist. The coach put ice on it and said it's probably just sprained. I took her to the doctor immediately after and it turns out she fractured her wrist. How liable is the school for her injury? I'm not looking to sue the school or anything, I just want to make sure she is protected. Thanks!
Pretty sure you signed a permission slip absolving the school of injuries when she signed up for sports.
If you aren't thinking of suing, why is this even a question?
If you want her to be protected, get medical insurance.
Both of my kids have been to the ER multiple times, from Little League right up through high school sports. Diving for the basketball, hit with a line drive, poor tackling technique, you name it. It happens. Be thankful your kid has the desire to test herself physically.
My daughter is on the school volleyball team. While she was in a play during a school game she fell backwards and hurt her wrist. The coach put ice on it and said it's probably just sprained. I took her to the doctor immediately after and it turns out she fractured her wrist. How liable is the school for her injury? I'm not looking to sue the school or anything, I just want to make sure she is protected. Thanks!
You use the word liable and then say you aren't planning to sue. If you aren't planning to sue why use that word?
You mention you want her protected. In what way?
It sounds to me like you are looking for a payday.
Over the years, one kid broke his leg on playground at school; another broke his finger at school; another had to wear a boot for 6 weeks due to a sports injury. Same on who broke his leg also injured his knee a few years later during a school activity. Two needed stitches for various injuries.
For each incident, I took them to the doctor and/or hospital, depending on the severity of the injury, got a treatment plan, and followed through. Injuries are a part of participating in activities. Sure, they might have been safer sitting at home on the couch, but then they would not have gotten to LIVE their lives as kids.
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