Boating Accident

If the story is indeed true, I wish the best for the boy and a complete recovery.

You can't un-ring a bell...what's done is done. In a perfect world, your friends, the boy's parents will step up, assume 100% responsibility and try to protect you. The odds of that happening in today's world are slim.

Get liquored up then lawyered up...not necessarily in that order.
 
I agree with Les..had the whole story been related in the first post, the tone of responses would have been differentand, and it's a truly sad story due to a child being seriously injured. As all have stated, this will probably play out over a year or more with lawyers and courts, so it isn't completely unusual that someone would ask for opinions on a respected forum such as this where there may be members who have had similar experiences. I know that I would have more confidence in what I would be told here than from an injury lawyer looking to make some money.

As for loaning my boat to someone...you have about as much chance of borrowing my wife.
 
Ron, what does she look like? Can she cook?
 
Looks great, cooks great. Go for the boat...it's not holding up as well.
 
I don't know, I hear she has quite the smell of game fish on her... uhhhh, the boat of course.
 
I don’t understand all the hostility.
Most questions posted are incomplete and inadequate yet we try to answer.
True or not the elements of the post are causing a lot of important points to be brought forward for our education.
 
Bruce, I don't think it is hostility as much as skepticism.

The first post on a board where you don't know anyone is asking for advice about liability for an accident where someone was almost killed and where there was property damage just does not add up.

Her story kept changing, adding little morsels of "information". Almost to an RO, she was told to get a lawyer, she never responded to those suggestions, saying that she was either going to get one or had already spoken to one.

When you have insurance and a claim is made against you, your insurer has an obligation to provide you with legal counsel - why would you seek advice from people you don't even know.

I may be wrong, but I still maintain that she is playing games with us. If not, she'll be back with real boating questions.

Only time will tell...
 
Hogan:
You may be correct however; I have seen very few posts, in any forum, that contain anything like the "whole story". Many people don’t write well, they don’t understand how to view their writing from the perspective of someone unfamiliar with the story etc. etc. Add to that the idea that someone new to the forum has no idea of the quality of the response to expect so they are reluctant to spend much time on completeness. IMO 90% of the questions in the engines section are unanswerable as initially posted.
 
I think Bruce hit this one on the head myself.
This person could have been testing the waters. Not uncommon to have to probe a person a bit more for the details either.
 
Call me naive...but why would anyone make something this horrible up? She says the accident report placed the child at fault, even though he was hit by the other boat. I can imagine many ways this could happen with an inexperienced jet-sky operator. I’ve had many jet-ski’s cut across my bow very close, had them follow me very close, even by the shore…mas and inertia takes the situation out of my control most of the time. The jet ski will always lose…...maybe she has no insurance(as many don’t) that would explain alot. She only says she was contacted to "pay" by an insurance company, not that she has insurance. Drinking boat driver, careless kid on PWC = shared liability for all

BeachChick...good luck and prayers the boy is gonna be OK...glad not to be in your shoes
 
A jetski is NOT a toy. Might be one of the reasons your so bitter about all of this. Many here take water safety rather seriously even thought being on the water is entertainment for most.
 
Let me do some math here. Accident happened 4 months ago + victim is DOA but revived, and you are just now searching for answers. Answers to a question involving an accident, human life, alchol. SUM= BS
 
too bad, many of you have shown this was the wrong place for BeachChick420 to have asked a question .
 
Wow you guys are making me ashamed of being an RO. The lady asks a legitimate question and you call her a liar. No wonder we have so many "one post wonders".
 
Bob, you don't wear skirts, do you... ( just kidding of course)
 
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