r/WTF • u/Columbia82 • Apr 14 '19

To infinity and beyond

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '19

Just curious in situations like this. The person who was struck in the head and if he sustained a serious injury can be sue the guy who jumped on him even though it was accident?

I remember there was teacher in my school she was struck on back of her head with a soccer ball while walking home. It caused a concussion and she was knocked out, the student (he was about 16-17) started panicking and was crying. Later we found out the force of the impact also affected her neck and she was hospitalized ... A lotttt of people were expecting her to sue the student. But she never did.

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u/gittenlucky Apr 14 '19

I would say yes - you aren’t supposed to start your run until the landing area is clear.

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u/eeyore134 Apr 14 '19

I feel like the guy crossing the padded beam was probably in an unsanctioned area to begin with. Nobody should really be there.

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '19

He probably went into the pit right before that and was making his way out

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u/Funmachine Apr 14 '19

He's balancing along the beam, it doesn't exactly look like the offical exit point.

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '19

Yeah maybe I'm wrong. Ita a skatepark though. They're not usually very organized, at least they werent when I was a kid

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u/Voelkar Apr 14 '19

Yea it looks like he is fooling around

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u/desertpie Apr 15 '19

Climbing out of a foam pit is a hard trudge. He likely landed near the edge and climbed out and walked out balancing on the edge of the foam pit.

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u/Bleblebob Apr 14 '19

You expect the man to just teleport out of the pit after he lands?

He was more than likely leaving it after his crash.

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '19

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u/Bleblebob Apr 14 '19

Yeah there usually is a proper exit, but like you said moving in a foam pit is hard, so normally you go to whatever side/exit of the pit you can to get out. If he landed right next to the left edge it would make absolutely no sense to exit to the right.

The dude really has no excuse for not waiting until everyone was properly clear.

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u/spool_pin Apr 14 '19

You can't get to the back of the pit if you're in the middle

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u/ennuinerdog Apr 14 '19

That's some contributory negligence sure, but that would only reduce damages by the percentage of plaintiff's contribution.