| "Hey, y'all! Look what happens when I do this!... Ow!" |
Horrors!@ And no one mentioned that you could drown in water, either!! I think a second settlement is in order .... sigh.
Justice John Dunford agreed and today awarded Mr Dederer $1,050,000 in damages. He ruled the RTA was 80 per cent responsible for the accident and should pay $840,000, while the council was liable for 20 per cent of the damages to a total of $210,000. The judge ruled the signs erected were inadequate because young people continued to dive from the bridge.
Couldn't be because they are stupid or unsupervised ... nope, it's the signs' fault. Ijits.
"I am satisfied that the signs were not effective in the sense that large numbers of young people continued to dive, do somersaults, etc from the bridge," he said. But he ruled Mr Dederer was partially responsible for his injuries and therefore reduced his original $1.4 million payout by 25 per cent. Outside court, Mr Dederer said he was relieved with the result but was concerned teenagers and children were still diving off the same bridge and the signs had not been changed. "I wouldn't like to see another person get into the same position as I did," he said. Judge Dunford ruled the RTA pay 80 per cent and the council 20 per cent of Mr Dederer's costs.
