this is a little old but still funny!
A handyman working at a British hotel sawed off a tree branch while standing on a ladder – with the ladder leading against the branch being cut.
Peter Aspinall, 63, fell 14 feet after falling from his ladder. A British court fined the hotel $3,100 for failing to perform a risk assessment on the dangers of sawing the branch, according to Maclean’s.
Aspinall has now launched a civil suit against the hotel. – Natalie Fraser (Lawyer’s Weekly: June 25, 2010)
for you, yes this is funny. for us in the UK it’s a daily farce that is living in a ‘nanny state’. The ‘health & safety’ laws in this country are overprotective to the point of absurdity. They have buildings of lawyers focused soley on workers comp, it is literally like taking candy from a baby. It’s a sad, sad state of affairs…
I actually know which hotel was involved. The missing detail is that the only place for the ladder to lean against was the branch to be sawn off. I knw this does not clear the hotel but at least it puts Peter in a better light.
Many thanks.
“The law is an ass”
A truer statement has yet to be made.
How’s this……..we start suing idiots who hurt themselves and take the costs of medical care from their current assets.