Posted on 08/30/2006 7:39:23 AM PDT by WestTexasWend
A man who fell off a cliff and tumbled into Georgetown's Blue Hole Park has sued the city, saying there should have been warning signs at the edge of the drop-off.
Jason Stanford, of Thomasville, N.C., slipped and fell off the cliff in front of the Holiday Inn on San Gabriel Village Boulevard on March 16, according to the lawsuit. City officials had previously said the fall occurred about 1:30 a.m. on March 17.
Stanford fractured his leg, ankle and lower back, his attorney Mike Marbut said. Stanford had some beer, but was not drinking at the time of the fall, Marbut said.
The lawsuit, which was filed Friday in the 26th District Court in Williamson County, seeks unspecified monetary damages to cover, among other things, medical bills and lost wages.
Stanford, who delivers furniture, hasn't been able to work since the incident, Marbut said.
Stanford was making a call on his cell phone when he fell about 40 feet over the cliff, city spokesman Keith Hutchinson said in March. Stanford then called 911 on his cell phone and was rescued by firefighters who paddled across the San Gabriel River in a canoe and rappelled down the cliff, Hutchinson said.
There should have been warning signs and a fence to prevent people from approaching the cliff, Marbut said.
"The city could have prevented it with minimal expenditures," he said.
Hutchinson said Tuesday that city officials were aware of the lawsuit but declined to comment further.
There was one sign along the cliff at the time of the fall and more have been installed since then, he said.
We need fences lining all our highways to prevent people from approaching them. Trucks and cars are dangerous.
(No more Olmert! No more Kadima! No more Oslo! )
If you can't walk and talk on the cell phone at the same time without walking off a cliff, then maybe multi-tasking isn't one of your strong suits.
If he couldn't see a CLIFF, how was he going to see a SIGN? :)
I am just tired of stupidity being rewarded with large cash awards........
Lol!
How about... Warning, Gravity at work!
I get to 4x4 my jeep down there too :)
He held on to his cell phone for the entire 40 foot drop? Dang...maybe they should put warning on cell phones so people won't talk on them as they are approaching a cliff.
Stupid drunk walks off cliff at 1:30 in the morning, sues town.
So, what would the environmentalists have to say, if the lawyers force us to fence off all the cliffs and gullies in the U.S. and put up warning signs every few feet in every wilderness area?
Who knows? They might like it, if it were also required to put up more signs, "Warning, don't step on the endangered species."
I guess that's why they need a sign AND a fence.
He should just sue the planet Earth for having the cliff right where he was walking. Damn you, Earth, see you in court!
A Darwin award winner cut his head off with a chainsaw while drunk. I'm certain there weren't ant labels on that chainsaw that stated specifically not to cut your head off with it.
The plaintiff could have prevented it with minimal thought!
Buh-bye. Next case?
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Stanford was making a call on his cell phone when he fell about 40 feet over the cliff....
And the city is at fault?
Stanford was making a call on his cell phone when he fell about 40 feet over the cliff
Talking on a cell phone, wandering around the park in the dark...definitely someone else's fault.
At 1:30 am, would you think the fellow might had been out on the town with a couple drinks in him? So, at night, etc., early morning, not blind and no flashlight, but it's the cities fault, Gesssshhhhhh
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