In personal injury news, a lawsuit has been filed after a 44-year-old man suffered catastrophic injuries in a fall from a zipline ride at a Scout-O-Rama event at Kelly Park in San Jose on May 9, 2009.
The victim, Linden Feldman, a software engineer and former Eagle Scout, was told he was safely hooked on to the zipline ride and jumped from the tower, yelling "Geronimo." His 10-year-old son and 9-year-old daughter witnessed his terrifying, almost instant 25 foot fall to the ground. The injuries he sustained in the fall left him in a coma for a week with a traumatic brain injury, a collapsed lung, respiratory failure surgery required to remove portions of his bowel.
Court documents allege that the Boy Scout leader did not know that he had to shackle riders to the safety ring on the harness. Instead, he attached riders to a thin piece of nylon cloth. The method was strong enough to hold small children, but was not strong enough to hold Feldman, the first adult to ride the zipline. The suit was filed in Santa Clara County Superior Court against the Boy Scouts of America and the Santa Clara County Council of Boy Scouts.
Sources: World Sentinel
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