Surely he was old enough to know that the shoes he was wearing were not suitable They are not suitable for any sport played directly onto soil. Did his parents even know he was playing that sport?

If, as he claims, the shoes contributed to the slip -surely he was aware of the likelihood of this happening before the event …. being an avid sports player, he must have known what to wear and what not to wear ….

That is what you get from playing in inappropriate footwear. He is old enough to know the risks and he should have made sure he had on the appropriate footwear. I hope it gets thrown out of court to. Just another money grabbing exercise by someone who doesn’t deserve it because of his own stupidity.

*sigh* I hope this gets thrown out of court. He was old enough to understand the risks of playing in inappropriate shoes. What happened to common sense? Why does the school have to police every tiny thing that could potentially cause harm?

I hope this gets thrown out of court and he is faced with a huge legal bill. He needs to learn personal responsibility.

Sport, suing and responsibility needs to be looked at as their is personal risk and responsibility. Goodness I have so many injuries and the responsibility is mine – no suing – stuff happens.

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  • • mom93821 replied
    • 26 Jan 2018 , 9:19 am

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  Should read there and not their – oops!

Really ? The choice of shoes is ones own responsibility ! When you play (pro) sport you seek advise when buying shoes.

most people know that footy boots are around for a reason, it is idiots like this that ruin it for everyone else. Even getting kids into sports is too expensive because of the insurance costs these days

I really hope he gets a big fat nothing. Nobody forced him to play touch footy in dunlop volleys. He sounds like he needs to work on his own decision making skills.

Mmm… Did the school oblige him to wear those shoes? Or was it his choice? Because if it was his choice, as I suspect, I don’t see much ground for his claim. 🙁