ARCH - MacDonald's Coffee
Scott Powers
spowers at telepath.com
Thu Apr 12 10:21:52 PDT 2001
>However, this is not about archery ;)
Actually it was. It was in response to a previous post about the legal
ramifications of an archery injury, and the likelihood of an individual
getting sued as a result of it.
>The actual thrust of my posting was not about things outside the SCA,
>but rather how my vision of honor would prevent me from even considering
>a suit against anyone because an errand arrow took out an eye because
>nothing in the melee situation was intended to harm.
>
>Sluggy!
Your vision of honor is much like everyone's else's vision of honor
regarding lawsuits. My point being that such lawsuits are unlikely and
pointless.
Consider a hypothetical lawsuit. You and I are sitting on a jury in which
a Civil War Reenactment participant is sued by another for personal injury
due to a combat related injury. The second participant was playing within
the rules as far as we could tell. But well, accidents happen. Would you
award damages to the plaintiff? I don't think I would. That kind of
lawsuit requires a jury, which around here means ordinary people like you
and me. My vision of honor would prevent me from awarding damages to the
plaintiff because there is a reasonable expectation and understanding that,
however unlikely, you can get hurt playing this game. Kind of like
football or other contact sports. Anybody could sue anybody, but nobody
does.
Rumil
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