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If 1/2 of this is true, I’m blown away. This sport has given that family a lot, but I guess it wasn’t enough so they stole a bag? I lost my childhood second home / playground Indian Dunes as a kid to shitbags filing lawsuits after they did stupid shit. This is pretty dirty if true
Bad publicity for Eks Brand.
So the video is basically saying that PulpMx, RacerX and other media know about this but have not talked about it. Cooksey is really throwing it out there. Crazy story!
Wow! If true this is very disappointing. Why would US media outlets not mention this? Is the Bro code that deep? No way in hell I would support this goggle company….
It seems inconceivable that in a world as small as ours RT or someone from EKS wouldn't have heard about this thread on Vital. This topic has to be extremely damaging to his brand. I'm an EKS brand user, and until I hear a rebuttal from EKS or RT, I'll never wear my goggles again. If this information is false, I would expect RT or someone who knows him to come on here and set the record straight. We all know the risks we are taking when we get on a track. If you're dumb enough to be racing without medical coverage, I don't feel sorry for you when that six figure bill shows up in the mail following a crash. I got hurt at a track over 10 years ago, and just the bill for the helicopter ride was $50,000. I don't know if this is still the case, but Mammoth used to require racers to have medical coverage in order to race. It is easy to understand why.
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My guess is that they don’t have all the details and they aren’t going to ‘fill in the blanks’ without that knowledge the way that Kooksey tends to do. His entire schtick is nothing but hot takes, nothing more.
Cookseys credibility is so low I would wait to hear the other side of the story
He's either pretty sure about what happened in this case or he's a complete nut job, because if this information isn't true, Cooksey will no doubt end up in court over it.
Ill leave it to ML512 Michael to get correct info. Ill hold judgment.
There is definitely a lawsuit, he is right about that. The other stuff he is saying doesn't make much legal or logical sense.
It would be a civil suit, and my guess is that there is very little that could be recovered from Kooksey in order to make it work. Certainly nothing that an attorney would take on a contingent basis. You could spend $100K but collect nothing, and half the people wouldn't hear about the verdict anyway.
Typical Kooksey...put out half truths just to get the asylum riled up and create clicks...
Regardless, if the information Cooksey reported is incorrect, I would expect RT or someone from the company to post here or issue a press release to set the record straight. This will certainly affect EKS sales. I know I'm not buying anything more from them until I hear something from RT or EKS disputing this claim.
I don't disagree. Either way, Taylor is in a bind. If what Kooksey said is exactly true, then the MX world will turn against him. If it isn't, he's going to wrestle around with a pig in the mud and only convince a small percentage that the salacious part isn't true.
One thing to think about is that it sounds like the son turned 18 before the accident. If that is the case, then it would be him listed as the plaintiff in the lawsuit not Rich, correct? So it would be the son suing LACR, not Rich? Is the son an owner of EKS?
"ZACHARY PRICE TAYLOR, a minor, by and through his Guardian ad Litem, RICHARD TAYLOR"
That is the style of the case. Regardless, I'm sure this is a subrogation case and the insurance company is directing the litigation not Taylor.
No, but according to the the story, the kid's claim is that his dad entered a Loretta's Qualifier as his son to get his son qualified. So the reason he won the lawsuit is supposedly that the son never signed the waiver because Rich was cheating and riding as his son. If the kid is only 18 or so, I'm confident that dad is paying the bills for racing. If this the case, Rich allowed his son to be racing without insurance and went so far as to cheat and ride as his son to get him qualified. This certainly makes Rich at least partially responsible for what happened if this is true. I've know Rich for a long time, and I hope he comes on here or issues a press release stating that this whole report by Cooksey is completely fabricated. Even if it isn't fabricated, he could at least explain what happened from his perspective.
A couple of things:
Where are you seeing that he didn't have health insurance? That has been mentioned a couple of times but I think that may have come from the other LACR case being discussed in this thread. If that was mentioned in Cooksey's video I missed it.
The allegation that Rich raced as the son relates to the area qualifier. The accident that prompted the lawsuit was during the regional qualifier. The only reason a waiver and release from the area qualifier would be relevant to the regional qualifier would be either (1) to add an ugly allegation to the public story to attack Rich's character or (2) the purported waiver and release was intended to cover two separate races. I think the former is more likely than the latter.
Edit: After checking the archives I do not see that LACR hosted a regional qualifier in the '15-'17 time frame. It's always fun to unravel truth and fiction from a Cooksey story.
I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt that the reason this lawsuit was filed is because the kid got hurt, had massive medical bills, and no insurance to cover it. I can't imagine he would be suing just as a money grab.
The AMA has an annual waiver form for minors now. Most AMA tracks (like Red Bud for instance) require these annual waiver forms for minors to race now. Just speculation, but that could be why another waiver wasn't signed at the subsequent event.
I didn't hear anything about Rich racing as his son... But, I will say a lot of people around here threw away their Eks Brand goggles over a year ago when LACR shut down for that short period.
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I'm evidently confused.
What difference does it make to the suit if Dad signed and raced as his son after the race where the son was hurt and had signed his own waiver?
It is possible they did have insurance and this case was brought by the insurance company to recover the medical expenses it paid out. There is a clause in your insurance policy that says you agree to subrogate your right to sue and recover damages if the injury was the fault of a third party. If you refuse to cooperate the insurance company won't pay the claim.
I don't know for certain but there are some hints in the case that this is a subrogation claim.
I hope you're right and Rich lets us know that's what happened.
If he did, the insurance company would/probably could interpret that as him not cooperating I'd bet.
Exactly.
I am just here for the public lynching before we know the whole truth.
LACR didn’t have a qualifier for Loretta’s or Mammoth so let’s get some facts going please
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But he saw it on the internet!
For the record, I had an injury earlier this year that led to 2 ER visits, CT scans, Ortho and PT referrals, and now a few months later I am having minor lingering pain/numbness issues which my Ortho wants to investigate with a few more tests.
I received a letter from my insurance earlier this week questioning if anyone else was at fault(work-related, private property, etc...) and saying they were refusing any more services until I called and answered their questions to see if they could find it to be someone's fault so they could sue for reimbursement.
It's pretty much a "If you don't help us find someone else to sue we won't provide any more coverage for you" letter...
Exactly. Every time that I travel to the USA, I typically stay for 5 months, I have a initial guaranteed cover of $750.000. It costs every month but if I ride and get hurt / car accident or whatever I need not to worry.
Furthermore, It's really shit that people sue for the most dumbest things in the USA...I blame the c$nt lawyers who are always looking for a quick buck.
Riding at ANY track / venue will always present a risk...we need to except that fact to keep the venue / sport alive.
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