"I just didn't make it", want to join the club?

**~~jon_j_rambo~~** · 03 Mar 05,, 04:43

The kid's quote is too funny,"I just didn't make it". Yes, it is that simple. Also, is it just me, or do you notice all the whacky stuff happens in Florida?

http://www.local6.com/money/4239256/detail.html

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Teenagers in Orlando, Fla., are leaping between 80-foot high public parking garages in a new trend called "garage jumping," according to a Local 6 News investigation.

Local 6 News reported that the thrill seekers are vaulting themselves between garages in downtown Orlando.

Tim Bargfrede told Local 6 News that he was following friends when he attempted to garage jump and did not make it to the other side. Bargfrede fell six stories and was knocked unconscious on impact.

"I just didn't make it," Bargfrede said.

Bargfrede survived the 80-foot fall but was injured.

"The first time I came to the garage after my son's accident, I looked over and I just about broke out in tears," the boy's father Tim Bargfrede said. "I can't believe he actually survived. He looked like he was near death."

"He (Bargfrede) is not he first person, he is not the second person, there have been four or five other individuals before him that did this," family's attorney Vincent D'Assaro said.

The city of Orlando owns one of the downtown parking lots next to a private parking garage owned by Orlando Tower LP, according to Local 6 News.

Orlando Parking Garage Director Samuel Vennero admitted he was aware of at least one other incident where a garage jumper didn't make it to the other side.

"I don't think we recognized it before as a danger," Vennero said.

There are no safety fences in place on the parking garage.

D'Assaro is filing a lawsuit against the city of Orlando and the private garage owner for making little effort to correct a potential deadly risk.

"There was a very, very short length of fence that was completely ineffective in preventing this from happening," D'Assaro said.

Orlando Tower LP, the private parking lot owner, refused to comment about their responsibility, according to the report.

Since Bargfrede fell, the City of Orlando erected a partial fence but there's still room for someone to take a dangerous dive.

The family says that's not good enough and that both garages need to take responsibility before a garage jumper loses his life.

**Parihaka** · 03 Mar 05,, 17:24

D'Assaro is filing a lawsuit against the city of Orlando and the private garage owner for making little effort to correct a potential deadly risk

Is this for real???

What ever happened to personal responsibility??

**bonehead** · 03 Mar 05,, 18:33

We have waaayyyy too many lawers in this country. Therefore, personal responcibility only applies when someone is accused of a crime, not when they do something stupid. Those kids were looking for Darwin awards.

**Bill** · 03 Mar 05,, 21:11

Unbelievable.

Part of the settlement should be that his son is euthanized to protect passing pedestrians from his stupidity...

**Ray** · 03 Mar 05,, 22:05

Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.

**Gio** · 03 Mar 05,, 23:37

Originally Posted by parihaka

Is this for real???

What ever happened to personal responsibility??

Shhhh, don't question the Democratic establishment. =) They need those trial laywers so that the trial lawyers continue to be their biggest fundraisers.

**Confed999** · 04 Mar 05,, 00:55

Lol!

**Beaugeste93** · 07 Mar 05,, 05:29

A Modest Proposal

The losing attorney (s) in a civil suit shall be put to death immediately following the trial.

That might cut back on the lawsuits.
Cost of ammunition expended shall be added to the court costs.

Just a thought.

**Confed999** · 07 Mar 05,, 05:38

We're going to end up having to spend a billion dollars to put up signs saying "jumping off a building may cause injury or death". Silly lawsuits brought by stupid people for doing something stupid, are stealing our money.

**Parihaka** · 07 Mar 05,, 08:29

Originally Posted by Beaugeste93

A Modest Proposal

The losing attorney (s) in a civil suit shall be put to death immediately following the trial.

That might cut back on the lawsuits.
Cost of ammunition expended shall be added to the court costs.

Just a thought.

Nah, you have to allow them the opportunity to learn. Just make it that they lose a finger each time, then when they've gone, a limb.
That way, if you do need a lawyer, it'd be easy to find a good one.

**lemontree** · 07 Mar 05,, 12:44

Originally Posted by Confed999

"jumping off a building may cause injury or death". Silly lawsuits brought by stupid people for doing something stupid, are stealing our money.

Lol...Won't be long before some stupid kid tries sky diving without a 'chute on, and next they'll want signs on air planes "jumping from a flying plane will cause death or injury".

**Bill** · 07 Mar 05,, 13:45

"That way, if you do need a lawyer, it'd be easy to find a good one."

LOL, the more digits the better...

**Julie** · 07 Mar 05,, 19:39

You would be surprised that the definition of "liability" is just that...a definition. Is the person with the existing structure liable, or the person who causes the accident?

A friend of mine had an above-ground pool. She worked during the day. When she came home from work one day, there were cops, a fire truck, and an ambulance in her yard. The neighbor's 3-year old wandered into her yard, fell into her pool and drowned.

Now you tell me....who is the responsible party? The Kid, the parents of the kid, or the woman with the pool?

I already know we are going to get more than one answer here, so how do you determine which one is the right one?

That is what courts are for.

**Parihaka** · 07 Mar 05,, 19:56

Originally Posted by Julie

Now you tell me....who is the responsible party? The Kid, the parents of the kid, or the woman with the pool?

Here in NZ the pool owner is responsible. By law all pools must be fenced, with vertical slats only, set height and gap between slats, and fitted with an approved child proof gate. If all these laws are adhered to then there's no fault. Child drownings in pools have plummeted since these laws were introduced.

**Julie** · 07 Mar 05,, 21:34

Originally Posted by parihaka

Here in NZ the pool owner is responsible. By law all pools must be fenced, with vertical slats only, set height and gap between slats, and fitted with an approved child proof gate. If all these laws are adhered to then there's no fault. Child drownings in pools have plummeted since these laws were introduced.

Not a law here. However some homeowner's insurance companies require you to have a fence around a pool. Although some do not since it is not a law.

In Georgia, all you have to do is post a "No Trespassing" sign. But, a 3-year old can't read. Try again.