I think I see where you're coming from. I've never seen the value of team building courses as generally the staff resist when they know it's a team building course. Sending them out for a bike ride and let them bond naturally would have been much better in my opinion.
should've worn a helmet, 100%medical fact it would've stopped him being hurt like that.
i can't believe people would be stupid enough to ride without one, darwin awards at work i'd say.
Good on the Judge I say, too many stupid claims like this being taken to the court, people need to start by being responsible for their own actions first!
philc, I reckon he'll be a bit exhausted after the dog and newspaper threads.
This is a tricky one.
We have a 'property consult' aka a bellend, Strutt and Parker - a bunch of bellends, and team bonding - bellend bukkae.
Nuking the whole lot from orbit, would seem the best option.
I find it hard to see why the employer's liable for even as much as a third plus costs.
Why is this going to open a can of worms?
Yes, if you are organising a work social event you need to assess the risks involved just the same as a job of work. Absolutely nothing new there.
Yes, if you behave recklessly you may lose a proportion of your damages through 'contributory negligence'. Absolutely nothing new there.
Where are the worms?
Edit: why was the employer found liable? If you dont have any kind of assessment in writing it makes it nigh on impossible to defend a claim.
What a very strange team building exercise. Clearly the fit ones would trounce the unfit ones and the unfit ones would have a miserable time.
If the injured guy caused the accident through intentional actions, WTF should he get a penny.
He should have been picked up and made to stand up in the middle of a circle and laughed at!
Reap what you sow etc etc.
Sounds like the kind of company that I'm very glad I don't work for, with the kind of people working there that I despise. Sounds like he was a real shit who got what was coming to him.