Nope, not me! I collected data and ran stats for a tort reform project in a small state and didn't find much to love about lawyers or the law. Anyway, a lawyer might well say that the Marina was liable on the theory of joint and several liability. I'm curious about the facts of the case and how the OP sees things. That's all.
--Tom.
oh come on!! I wasnt drunk (yet)! I just bought a deuce duece at the corner gas station, just cracked it open, and only had one tiny, tiny sip! The problem with the ramp is that you cant see the bottom of it, where the transition plate is supposed to be. And it isnt against marina rules to ride the bike. When they met me at the ramp, I didnt have my bike, and when i told them I was riding down they perked up and said "oh, so you were riding your bike?". I said "oh, I guess you are going to tell me its against the rules to ride my bike on the dock?" he said "No, I wasnt going to say that, it's fine to ride your bike".
They called a dockhand down and asked him why there was no caution tape, and he said he just started working on it 5 minutes ago, and hadnt had a chance to put it up. all the other broken ramps had caution tape on them. (they admitted that the plate had been ripped off late the nite before). Then he apologized and told me to notice the word "CAUTION" stencilled on the skid plates where the transition plate meets. but to his surprise, the dockhand had removed one of the skid plates and the adjoining one only had the letters "ION"!!! I wouldnt have seen that from the top anyway. So he asked me to fill out an incident report and did admit liability and apologized profusely! he said it was definately their fault.
I wouldnt want to sue them for this. but i did feel that my belongings were destroyed bc of their neglect to notify me of a dangerous situation. my scrapes & bruises will heal, im tough, but my camera wont. Yes it was only a step down, but the ramp is steep and by the time i noticed it was too late to do anything.
i will call my witnesses! at least 7 of them.
