Biggins, I read your posts and usually enjoy them. I think you've got some good things to say. So nothing personal, but I wish you hadn't decided to quote my post with yours. I originally posted in this thread because I felt the overall trend of the posts preceding mine were pretty cold, immature, and generally just shallow. I would expect something better from you. Ah hell, you're probably just 20...
Easy for you to say when you don't have to face changing diapers for your son, who was a gifted athlete.
Easy for you to say when its not you who finds that letting your child do something they love and apparently excel at has suddenly wiped out your life savings, retirement, and any plans you had for any other kids.
Easy for you to say when you aren't the one who has tapped out their savings, vacation, sick pay, and health insurance, and are still faced with a lifetime of bills to warehouse your child, let alone any chance of helping him recover.
As bikenweed posted earlier in this thread:
Easy for you to say when it's not your son or brother who may never walk again.yes they should say oh well. these things happen.
Easy for you to say when you don't have to face changing diapers for your son, who was a gifted athlete.
Easy for you to say when its not you who finds that letting your child do something they love and apparently excel at has suddenly wiped out your life savings, retirement, and any plans you had for any other kids.
Easy for you to say when you aren't the one who has tapped out their savings, vacation, sick pay, and health insurance, and are still faced with a lifetime of bills to warehouse your child, let alone any chance of helping him recover.
And maybe those of you who criticize the city for closing the park should also take the above words to heart. After all they are just dirt jumps, right?yes they should say oh well. these things happen.
I tend to agree with you here. It's just the angle that the attorney is taking. I'm sure you can just as easily break your neck on a professionaly engineered jump.This ain't about the poor kid's parents getting rich; it's just about them trying to keep from going under!begging for oney in the form of a lawsuit because the jumps werent built by an engineer is the most ridiculous thing i have ever heard. They are dirt jumps for crying out loud. the parents knew he was out there jumping the city or whoever should not be liable for it.
As bikenweed posted earlier in this thread:
As far as the rest of your post:Medical expenses are the leading cause of bankruptcy in the US. With a decent universal health care system, like those in Canada and Europe, Grandes father would have no need to sue. Stop blaming the small potatoes and get down to the root of the problem.
You obviously didn't read the book. He did have insurance until his employer fired him for being sick and not being able to work. That canceled his employer paid health care coverage, which is what most folks count on.as far as lance is concerned he had no insurance at all at that time in his life until oakley stepped up to bat. maybe he should sue cancer