So, a 60 year old man is suing an 8 year old for $75,000. What is he suing him over exactly? The ski slopes. The mountain. This old time activity of strapping boards or whatever to your feet and throwing yourself down a hill. Sometimes fast, sometimes slow, sometimes out of control, hopefully not out of control. Sometimes with a helmet on, most times not. Sometimes with other people getting in your way. Trying to stay out of their way. This old activity, sport that thousands of American's take part in every winter.
The 60 year old man was on a cat track. For those of you unfamiliar with a cat track, it is a a flat part cut out of the hill that makes it easy to get from one part of the mountain to another. Often times it will go from one lift to another. The said 8 year old came up behind the man and accidentilly ran into his back side.
You can google this and there are a multitude of articles, forums, reports about what exactly happened. You can look it up yourself and read them, but here's my opinion. When you get on that mountain you are putting yourself in the line of fire. Accidents happen all the time. If I had a dollar for everytime someone ran into me when I was on the mountain! Ive had kids hit my calves, old women run over my board, and inexperienced teenagers swing their poles at my eye. It happens, but when it happens you use common sense and chill the **** out!
Last but not least, the dad was with his kid. More often than not when I see an out of control little tyke skier they are bombing down the mountain, no parent in sight. Im going to assume and take the stance that this father was watching over his child as controlling as he can in a very unexpected atmosphere.
This is just annoying.