Declan Sullivan's father does not blame Notre Dame - chicagotribune.comHmmm. So there isn't a civil suit?
"We never really felt a reason to pursue any kind of legal action. Why would you do that? ... We didn't want to take resources and energy away from other positive things that might happen by tying up people with lawsuits and other actions."
Forbes.com last year estimated it could cost the university $30 million if Sullivan's parents sued. The mere suggestion seemed unfair to Declan's father.
The family — whose ties to the campus and its sister school, St. Mary's College, go back several decades — witnessed how much his death distressed the Notre Dame community and had no desire to compound that grief with a lawsuit or public criticism, Barry Sullivan said.
"We saw people that were obviously suffering," he said. "They felt a great sense of responsibility for what happened. How could we add to their pain with displays of anger or anything like that?"
I agree with the family in that suing is not in their nature, I disagree with suing in many cases. However, in this case there was an utter disregard for safety and common sense. As far as wind speed, I teach guys anything over twenty MPH, get on the ground. You can push it with a man lift but not by a lot. The coach says he hasn't considered playing the blame game because he would be in the middle of that circle.
The problem in most cases of people suing is they would sue the school, coach, lift company and anybody else they could think of. I can see the school, coach and if there was a safety company under contract, them. The lift company has no business there because it didn't fail, it was used improperly.
I found a picture on the 'net that I can't post [and have now lost] due to the recognizable logo(s) in the picture. But it shows four Supers and five operators in one lift. I looked up the specs, and the lamps alone exceed the weight capacity! Add in five guys at 175-250 lbs/ea (like most house spot ops, they weren't petite gentlemen) and ... How did the lift even raise? Jumping up and down in unison ?So the guy on the right has clue, the guy on the left, not so much. ...
Years ago when I was way younger and dumber, I did truss spot on a very well known national act. He had a 40x40 box grid ground supported on Genies and four rear truss spots. It was the shakiest thing I had ever been on and once I knew the ratings of the Genies it as scary.I found a picture on the 'net that I can't post [and have now lost] due to the recognizable logo(s) in the picture. But it shows four Supers and five operators in one lift. I looked up the specs, and the lamps alone exceed the weight capacity! Add in five guys at 175-250 lbs/ea (like most house spot ops, they weren't petite gentlemen) and ... How did the lift even raise? Jumping up and down in unison ?
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