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Bottom line is insurance companies don’t want to pay for injuries so they try like hell to get others to cover it and this is what we end up with. Ever get those “questionnaires” from you insurance co.????
This very well could change the sport forever.
But, at the end of the day, a release was signed.
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In essence, he's basically saying that Feld's actions after the crash were a significant contributing factor to the severity of his injury.
Don't take what I say as legal advice, I'm just regurgitating what I read.
Waiver won't factor, except back when determining grounds.
There are standards set by any sporting body, it's why there jobs like flagging, or scrutineers going over riders bikes, to mitigate the risk.
There would also be standards for medical personal on how to treat a suspected spinal injury and if this is the case here, I'd be surprised if a signed release would cover that. If it does then it should change.
A kid yelling in pain that something is not right with his back/neck shouldn't be answered with "you signed a release buddy the sports dangerous so we're gonna drop kick you up onto the mule".
It will be incredibly hard to argue otherwise. If that was my kid in that situation, I'd be absolutely livid, and I'd pursue legal action as well. To make sure that NEVER happens again.
I don't know Bodnar or any of the other Alpinestars Med crew, and I'm sure they are there for the right reasons. Doesn't mean they are infallible, though. This looks really really bad...
Does it cover actions by all staff?
I have never seen an AMA release.
I just can't come up with a reason carrying/dragging him off the track was a good decision. By medical PROFESSIONALS nonetheless.
If he's hurt bad enough he can't stand or walk, why the hell would you not assume a spinal injury?
Maybe he didn't communicate numbness or tingling like has been reported. In my opinion he didn't even have to communicate that. They wouldn't be dragging/carrying him if they didn't know something was very very wrong....
I’m a dumbass desert rat and even I know that medic 101 is put someone on a backboard if there is even a hint of a cunt hair of a chance that there may be an injury to the neck or back.
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With respect...regarding it being Brian being responsible for being on the track...I agree that it was Brian who was responsible for being out there on the track...that's a given.
But surely the responsibility for him leaving the track was in the hands of the medical crew as he was not able to do so...and the medical crew chose to remove Brian from the track in a questionable manner.
It's a shitty situation either side of the fence but hoping lessons can be learned...the pics Mav posted aren't great.
They fucked up, it’s clear as day.
Also, its been many, many moons since I signed an AMA Pro racing release form, but I do not recall it releasing liability of anyone performing an act of gross negligence. Perhaps I'm wrong on this.
I actually support this lawsuit.
The care was absolutely negligent and there is video and photo proof of it.
This is the business side of the sport, FELD, and the insurance companies. I’d be suing everyone too.
As an independent contractor, I have to have a liability policy as well as a workman's comp policy on myself, before I can work for any homebuilder.
That would release him from any liability.
Not sure how the comp policy would protect me from inept medical care on the scene of I were to fall, or suffer some other catastrophic injury.
Might have to call my agent about that.
I'm assuming these rider's are considered independent contractors, and not employees.
I had a bad spinal injury a few years back. While all SCIs are different… one thing I was told after my wreck was that the medics careful steps in getting me from the carnage to the flight for life chopper not only helped keep the injury severity stable, it could have saved my life. (Along with the fact that I had a flight for life instead of a bumpy ride down a mountain in an ambulance)
Now you hear a bunch of different things in regards to post-injury-trauma. But when I look at it from a common sense driven approach, in my opinion, it does matter how you are handled after. Unless the chord is fully severed, it’s usually the pieces of broken vertebrae damaging the chord (creating the paralysis). The more moving and shaking that’s done, the more likely of the chord getting further damaged.
Seeing the way Brian was moved would be terrible care even if he just had a broken leg/arm/wrist/collarbone/anything… but when you are dealing with the unknowns of a possible SCI, you don’t take the gambles that the medic crew did.
No one, no entity, no company, is ever protected against negligence.
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