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I don't think the parent is arguing that the family in the story didn't deserve a settlement for his death (at least under settled US law). His point is that th

I don't think the parent is arguing that the family in the story didn't deserve a settlement for his death (at least under settled US law). His point is that the man who used the swing is dead. If your ultimate goal is to stay alive, then the burden of care is on YOU. If your goal is to garner a sweet multi-million payday for your family, then swing on!!

DannyBee 11y ago
"If your ultimate goal is to stay alive, then the burden of care is on YOU." This is theoretically true in all of life, so it's kind of a vacuous and IMHO not very useful point. IE if someone doesn't stop when you have the right of way, it doesn't make you any less dead when they run you over. Realize the reason the law exists is precisely to force the burden back onto homeowners, and that is in fact, the likely outcome.