“While finding a place to relieve himself, plaintiff walked off the unguarded and unprotected cliff falling approximately 20 to 30 feet to the creek bed below,” reads the complaint. And so Jerry Mersereau is suing the United States of America, which maintains the Mt. Hood National Forest in Oregon where the mishap occurred. (Noelle Crombie, The Oregonian, Aug. 4).
“Camper sues government over stumble”
“While finding a place to relieve himself, plaintiff walked off the unguarded and unprotected cliff falling approximately 20 to 30 feet to the creek bed below,” reads the complaint. And so Jerry Mersereau is suing the United States of America, which maintains the Mt. Hood National Forest in Oregon where the mishap occurred. (Noelle Crombie, […]
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So – as an American taxpayer, am I finacially responsible every time some moron walks off a cliff? Are we supposed to put idiot-guards around every gully and stump hole in North America?
Give me a break.