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Quite Frankly I am disgusted reading this thread. I see so many comments about how this family should be compensated. Yet when I read the article, that didn't seem to be the intent. The family isn't holding any ill will to the ski area, and plans to return. So that can't be all that upset at the incident.

Unfortunately lawyers have turned us into an everything is someone else fault society. Nobody is responsible for there own actions. And if your hurt somebody needs to compensate you.

I look at this incident and say how could the outcome have been different:
What if the boy had just fallen down and not grab his brother?
What if the father hadn't grabbed both kids?
What if the father hadn't tried to hold onto the kids as long?
What if the attendant had stopped the lift sooner?
What if the lift had been running slower?

There are more then enough what ifs to keep that list going.

Is it unfortunate that a 2 kids got hurt. Yes it is and I feel bad for them. But was it the Ski Area's fault?, the Dad's fault? The Kids fault? Hell even the lift manufactures fault, I mean obviously a safer lift could be manufactured....

At the end of the day, this was an accident, and yep a couple of kids got hurt, and that is sad. But Accidents happen, All the time, if we as a society, keep looking for people to pay through the nose because of Accidents we are all doomed, to someday, not want to even leave our homes. Because heaven forbid we bump into someone walk in the mall, and they stumble because of it.

Anyway enough of my rant....