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| Camper falls off cliff while en route to pee, sues U.S. |
| 2006-08-04 |
| If a camper taking a leak in the woods falls off a cliff, and his buddies are too drunk to hear him, does he make a sound? Here's a tip for campers on the go: Or on the go to go... Bring a flashlight when wandering in the woods. Nah, that's okay. I know this place like the back of my... Jerry Mersereau, 23, learned that lesson the hard way when he trekked out in the dark to relieve himself and fell off a cliff in the Mt. Hood National Forest. Hey, anybody seen Jerry? He's got the opener. Tucked into his lawsuit (Jerry Mersereau v. United States of America) is this succinct description of his misadventure: "While finding a place to relieve himself, plaintiff walked off the unguarded and unprotected cliff falling approximately 20 to 30 feet to the creek bed below." Pissing in a National Forest. What would Smokey the Bear say? Friggin Communist, serves you right. Now Mersereau wants the U.S. government to pay for his injuries and the "mental anguish" his fall has caused. He says the government should have known the cliff posed a danger to campers. Especially the stupid ones... |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #13 Give him a flashlight to settle the lawsuit. |
| Posted by: Snease Shaiting3550 2006-08-04 23:19 |
| #12 "While finding a place to relieve himself, plaintiff walked off the unguarded and unprotected cliff falling approximately 20 to 30 feet to the creek bed below." Something about environmental and impact laws and rules disturbing the natural splendor of the place means you got to adapt [or perish]. |
| Posted by: Uloter Grinenter8414 2006-08-04 22:26 |
| #11 The pain and suffering were caused by Bambi mocking his genitalia. |
| Posted by: regular joe 2006-08-04 20:26 |
| #10 P'raps NPS can have "Gravity" file an amicus brief... |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2006-08-04 17:07 |
| #9 Personal responsibility? At least Jerry,23, has high self esteem...certainly more than his lawyer. |
| Posted by: Inspector Clueso 2006-08-04 17:03 |
| #8 Just shoot the damn lawyers and the campers. Then throw them off a big cliff for the bears and vultures. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2006-08-04 16:56 |
| #7 perhaps a class-action suit against the client and lawyer filed by "Sane Americans"? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-08-04 16:52 |
| #6 Any lawyer involved in this case on the campers side should be disbarred for waisting everyones time and going against the obvious common good. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2006-08-04 16:46 |
| #5 Yeah, lets put idiot fences around every dry wash and stump-hole in a National Forest. That'll work. |
| Posted by: mojo 2006-08-04 16:37 |
| #4 So we are supposed to rope off every 30 foot drop? WTF? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2006-08-04 16:34 |
| #3 He must have been super self-conscience about his penis size to walk that far away from camp to take a leak. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2006-08-04 16:33 |
| #2 Too bad that fall wasn't an order of magnitude higher. |
| Posted by: Dar 2006-08-04 16:30 |
| #1 As he stepped off the cliff, he heard a voice in his head say, "Urine trouble now." |
| Posted by: Mike 2006-08-04 15:14 |