Re: a lucky escape

On May 16, 10:50 pm, Anne Rogers <annek...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On May 16, 9:48 am, Robin <robin_dickin...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

May sound like a daft question, but is it a wise idea to actually have
posted this on a public forum?  Surely the insurance company if being
duly diligent could actually find out whether there are any underlying
activities which could have precipitated the injury and therefore were
known about prior to insurance being taken out..  Or perhaps I'm just
being paranoid?

I did question whether I should post it or not, a rower (or some
rowers anyway) would know the location of the event I was talking
about, but I think I was non specific enough that no one else would,
plus the incident already has made it online (courtesy of the slug).
I've noticed a fair few comments about litigious Americans recently,
they deserved a little defense. I was also musing as to what the
effect of litigation could be on the bouyancy issue, claims could
actually come from any swamping incident, emergency services and
transport to hospital for a crew would add up fast, but would any
claims do any good?

Cheers
Anne

if the claim results in higher insurance premiums for those who caused
the accident/were at fault and also a fair bit of aggro for them at
the same time, and this in turn resulted in those individuals being
more safety conscious and adjusting their behaviour accordingly so
that they were safer on the water in future (them and the rest of the
rowing community of course) then yes, a claim would do some good if it
served to prevent any future similar incidents occuring.

as a small extra point, if i was ever stupid enough to cox a bumps
race again (highly unlikely, these days i prefer to enjoy bumps from
the safety of the bank, less likely to spill your beer during races
that way) i would try my best to get hold of one of those huge padded
old fashioned life jackets in order to give myself a little bit of
extra protection from any chasing crews. usually a couple knocking
about in one of the college boathouses somewhere.

ta raa bookie
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