Posted on 08/04/2006 10:46:04 PM PDT by DuxFan4ever
Here's a tip for campers on the go:
Bring a flashlight when wandering in the woods.
Jerry Mersereau, 23, learned that lesson the hard way when he trekked out in the dark to relieve himself and fell off a cliff in the Mt. Hood National Forest.
Ouch.
Tucked into his lawsuit (Jerry Mersereau v. United States of America) is this succinct description of his misadventure: "While finding a place to relieve himself, plaintiff walked off the unguarded and unprotected cliff falling approximately 20 to 30 feet to the creek bed below."
Now Mersereau wants the U.S. government to pay for his injuries and the "mental anguish" his fall has caused. He says the government should have known the cliff posed a danger to campers.
DANGER!!! GRAVITY AHEAD!!!
This comes to mind:
Ron White: You can't fix stupid!
I'd like to kill him and his Nerfworld lawyer.
....thank God a bear didn't maul him.....would have claimed the leash laws were not enforced my the Park Rangers...
The sad thing is, he'll probably win or get a hefty settlement.
I got bit by some chiggers at a state park once. I wonder if it was worth anything?
If I'm ever mauled by any animal in a National Park, my family has been instructed to sue the Feds for denying me my God given right to the means of self protection guaranteed to all (including felons and wife beaters/berators) citizens in the Amendments to the Constitution.
Don't even ask me to stay out of the Parks, because I helped pay for them.
....maybe if he spilled boiling hot coffee in his lap at the same time.....that one is always a winner
No way. This has to get tossed by the judge once the first motion to dismiss is filed. The government cannot and should not put up guard rails near every embankment in the national forests. This guy was an idiot who probably was half awake when he stumbled out of the tent and fell. Tough break.
Note to Jerry Mersereau:
Why don't you just sue God for making you so friggin' stupid?
Amen.
Mosquiters, poison oak, ignorin' snakes...Lookee here, they jus made being stupid and inorant the Gubermint's fault - yipee, we dun struck it rich!
Is that a racist remark?
It took a bit of getting used to for this American when I lived in Switzerland and would visit local mountain peaks periodically. There is always a Gasthaus serving homey food up top, and usually a nice viewing area with maybe one open metal railing. I couldn't believe how close tourists could get to the edge of the cliffs. Why, a child could stumble right over!
I had to remind myself that this is nature and it IS dangerous. Life is not like Americans expect a la Disneyland where one is to "not touch anything; the safety bar will close automatically." Hold onto your kids so they don't go over the cliffs.
LOL What??? C-H-I-G-G-E-R-S...chiggers. LOL
I live near Sedona AZ. which has some beautiful redrock sandstone formations. About once a year some New Ager tourist tumbles to death or serious injury because they forget, as you stated, that Disney studios did not design the rocks they've been climbing.
(By the way, don't you think the "New Age" is getting kinda, well, old?)
Oregon Ping
(and what an idiot)
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I've never sued for anything and figure I probably never will. But, if a dog groomer dyed my dog pink by mistake, I'd HAVE to sue! lol
Compare and contrast:
https://www.infantry.army.mil/videos/video22/index.htm
Have tissues and your favorite Patriotic song ready....
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The cash award for chigger bites is usually quite niggardly.
I get high anxiety just looking at those pictures.
Seriously how can you fall off a cliff? I thought these kinds of things only happen to Willy Coyote.
Laugh it up while you still can...
The new PC word is Chegroes...
ROFLMAO!!! Chiggah, please!
Watch your step:
Always? Darn, I thought some friends and I found the only one while lost in the Alps ages ago. It was about midnight. We drove up this winding road in absolute pitch blackness until we came to the end of the road. Then we climbed up a footpath another 100 yards or so. The lights in the Gasthaus were out but we were so tired we knocked on the door not knowing what to expect. An elderly gentleman and his wife came to the door and told us we could sleep in their daughters' room, as the girls were away in college. The next morning we woke up to a breathtaking sight: Thousands of feet straight down to the valley floor and only one thin rail around the patio to keep you from going over. They were very nice people. Served four of us a wonderful hot breakfast on the patio overlooking the valley and wouldn't take a cent for either the room or the food. It was darn near magical.
I guess you missed this one from last month. This guy is sueing Michael Jordan for looking like him, for 832 million dollars. Oh, and what a coincidence, the guys from Portland OR.
I thought there was this thing called 'Sovereign Immunity,' but I am too lazy to do the research.. . . . .
From Oregon, Hummmm Must be Bush's fault!
Too bad it wasn't a 300 foot drop off.
Yes, well it's speciesist ain't it?
They prefer to be referred to as Redbug-Americans.
Now we all know where your ?mind? is. That is humor to you? Grow up. Grow a GOOD sense of humor; ya know, something REALLY funny.
Yeah. Isn't that a riot!!!And I wonder when you last heard something truly funny.
SO lame.
What an interesting experience you had! I confess I'm a little bit envious.
Other than vacationing on some islands (Bermuda, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Nassau), two driving trips across the country (the mountains are awesome), and various trips up and down the east coast of the U.S., you got lost in the Alps!!!
Turned into a great memory for you. Thanks for letting us enjoy it.
Now that's funny. Thanks for the common sense...and the humor.
Don't have to worry about bears wandering into that campsite!
Or, you can spare yourself the pain of a horrible death (and your family the anguish) by carrying a gun in the National Parks, and tell the Government to go to hell. Sue them for violating your rights while you are still alive.
Your call.
"mental anguish"
That must be the feeling you get when you do something REALLY stupid.
Chiggers are a southern bug that leave a small, tender, wickedly itchy bite that lasts about a week, Nothing racist about em.
Unless they come up north...
nature lover wants signs, lighting and fences in national park?
No back-country permit for you! ;-)
The whole national park/national forest and government lands avenue is ripe for some $$ harvesting it would seem.
Notice that virtually none of these government administered areas are handicapped accessible. I suppose we can look forward to more of this.
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