A measly fine and a bit of community service for leaving people paralysed when they clearly knew it was unsafe.
The cost to the NHS in treating them all, to the state in supporting those who will need long term support, to the victims in pain and impact to their lives. But yes, £13K between them, £60K in costs when the investigation cost £250K and scrubbing some graffiti seems perfectly proportional.
It’s unbelievable ; by my calculations that means assuming it was open everyday , in the space of 55 days there was 4.9 injuries per day.
Fundamental question is why wasn’t there a local response to shut the venue sooner ; to have 270 injuries and 11 people with serious spinal injuries is absolutely unacceptable, harm could have been prevented way sooner and should have been.
As for the directors and managers on site ; there failure to shut the venue in light of obvious safety issues is utterly utterly negligent.
This isn’t some run of the mil situation where individuals opted to do an activity they knew were associated with certain risks (skiing , Rugby , jet skiing , paragliding , zip lining , bungee Jumping). This was some activity generally accepted to be safe unless you have osteoporosis or other conditions that limit you
The women in the video says she was taken by ambulance to the hospital, spent 5 hours there but was sent home without an x ray. 11 months later discovered she had broken her back after hounding her GP. Now is crippled for life. Love r NHS.
How could they avoid prison? They must have good lawyers
Crazy that the insurance company covered these assholes.
Who the hell is paying them £80k each to consult about business?
I’m not usually a fan of the U.S. legal system, but at least one benefit is that businesses like this would have been sued out of existence before they ever had a chance to hurt this many people. Or, the cost of insurance would have skyrocketed to the point of unaffordability and they would have had to shut their doors.
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A measly fine and a bit of community service for leaving people paralysed when they clearly knew it was unsafe.
The cost to the NHS in treating them all, to the state in supporting those who will need long term support, to the victims in pain and impact to their lives. But yes, £13K between them, £60K in costs when the investigation cost £250K and scrubbing some graffiti seems perfectly proportional.
It’s unbelievable ; by my calculations that means assuming it was open everyday , in the space of 55 days there was 4.9 injuries per day.
Fundamental question is why wasn’t there a local response to shut the venue sooner ; to have 270 injuries and 11 people with serious spinal injuries is absolutely unacceptable, harm could have been prevented way sooner and should have been.
As for the directors and managers on site ; there failure to shut the venue in light of obvious safety issues is utterly utterly negligent.
This isn’t some run of the mil situation where individuals opted to do an activity they knew were associated with certain risks (skiing , Rugby , jet skiing , paragliding , zip lining , bungee Jumping). This was some activity generally accepted to be safe unless you have osteoporosis or other conditions that limit you
The women in the video says she was taken by ambulance to the hospital, spent 5 hours there but was sent home without an x ray. 11 months later discovered she had broken her back after hounding her GP. Now is crippled for life. Love r NHS.
How could they avoid prison? They must have good lawyers
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Crazy that the insurance company covered these assholes.
Who the hell is paying them £80k each to consult about business?
I’m not usually a fan of the U.S. legal system, but at least one benefit is that businesses like this would have been sued out of existence before they ever had a chance to hurt this many people. Or, the cost of insurance would have skyrocketed to the point of unaffordability and they would have had to shut their doors.