16yr girl falls 3,000 ft skydive lives idiot parents sue

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She fell 3,000 feet and lived. That's a positive witch test where I come from. The girl must be burned at the stake for the good of the village. It is the only way.
 
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VolsSportsFan said:
If it can be proven the skydiving company was negligent, then why wouldn't they?
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static line jump preceded by up to 7 hours of classroom instruction, witnesses say it looked like the girl was doing nothing to help herself when her chute didn't open properly.

No way that's going to be the company's fault.
 
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MG1968 said:
static line jump preceded by up to 7 hours of classroom instruction, witnesses say it looked like the girl was doing nothing to help herself when her chute didn't open properly.

No way that's going to be the company's fault.
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I agree. To me its on the same line as a parent handing over the keys to the car.
 
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MG1968 said:
static line jump preceded by up to 7 hours of classroom instruction, witnesses say it looked like the girl was doing nothing to help herself when her chute didn't open properly.

No way that's going to be the company's fault.
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As a complete aside, what would one expect her to do if the chute did not open properly to "help herself"? Flap her arms?
 
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lawgator1 said:
As a complete aside, what would one expect her to do if the chute did not open properly to "help herself"? Flap her arms?
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You read the article twice, counselor, did you miss the part where, in the classroom instruction, it covered steps to take if your chute doesn't open?

in case you didn't actually read the article:

Swainson said Wethington's parachute opened OK, but she began to spiral downward when the chute went up but not out in some kind of malfunction. Swainson said a parachute can develop such a turn for several reasons, but that Wethington and other divers were given instruction during a six-to-seven-hour training session beforehand on how to deal with such problems. He also said Makenzie had a radio hookup in her helmet through which someone gave her instructions.

"It was correctable, but corrective action didn't appear to have been taken," said Swainson, who has run the skydiving business for nearly 30 years.
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MG1968 said:
static line jump preceded by up to 7 hours of classroom instruction, witnesses say it looked like the girl was doing nothing to help herself when her chute didn't open properly.

No way that's going to be the company's fault.
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In the parents home state the age to skydive is 18. So they went out of their way to drive her to another state. She just had to have this for her birthday.

I think the girl and the parents didn't want her to piggyback with instructor on her first jump which is standard..they just had to have her jump alone on her first jump!!


So why did the parents let her jump first time and not piggyback?
 
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volmaverick said:
In the parents home state the age to skydive is 18. So they went out of their way to drive her to another state. She just had to have this for her birthday.

I think the girl and the parents didn't want her to piggyback with instructor on her first jump which is standard..they just had to have her jump alone on her first jump!!
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there is still nothing in that article about the parents suing
 
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MG1968 said:
You read the article twice, counselor, did you miss the part where, in the classroom instruction, it covered steps to take if your chute doesn't open?

in case you didn't actually read the article:
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Ok, was just wondering what you can do in that situation. Doesn't actually say what it is, but I guess there is something you are supposed to do.
 
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