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PSU has unlimited coffers as a state school and the Outing Club is very popular, and also run by amateurs. A perfect storm for e.g. a rich international student
by nimish 9y ago
PSU has unlimited coffers as a state school and the Outing Club is very popular, and also run by amateurs. A perfect storm for e.g. a rich international student to get injured or killed and then have their parents sue Pennsylvania for megabucks.
This is 100% related to liability reduction. No insurance company would cover a high-risk activity group without demanding conditions like being able to call 911 or medevac.
The condition demanded here is 100% reasonable given the risk.
Reason is complaining about people wanting to do risky things and have other people pay for them which is par for the course for libertarianism these days, I guess.
- wtallis 9y agoYou might want to look into the insurance coverage that the Boy Scouts of America has, with what is a shoestring budget by comparison. There's no way reasonable insurance is difficult for Penn State to obtain or afford.
- snowwrestler 9y ago> the Outing Club is very popular, and also run by amateurs. This is true of hundreds, maybe thousands of colleges and universities in the U.S. It's not unusual to have a college outing club that is led by students. > No insurance company would cover a high-risk activity group without demanding conditions like being able to call 911 or medevac. This is just incorrect. Backcountry activities are not necessarily higher risk than other activities, and insurance companies will certainly cover such activities. Again: many, many colleges and universities already have coverage for their outing clubs.