But if in fact that "decision" was influenced by false information provided by the racing organization, does that not swing the pendulum somewhat?

Cant people be,lured into "a false sense of security"? Do racers have to make sure on their own that all safety personell are properly certified and trained or is it reasonable to believe that is the responsibility of the promoter?

This is an interesting quote from what you attached

"we expect that these cases will be settled out of court and never go to trial because the insurers, sanctioning bodies, and track operators do not want to have any legal precedents set in cases such as this."

It is what happend at our suit and I suspect the SBI deal as well will end in a settlement. Not a settlemnt of change but a settlemnt of MONEY

It is never about an award it is about a settlement

I see what your saying. but in racing situations their is no security, and yes you need to be responsible for your own safety. As grown adults you need to make the decision wether or not the event is to dangerous for you. Im not saying that their doesnt need to be changes. Safety needs to be the number one concern, but it has to be the responsibility of every body, most importantly the racer. these are smart men participating in these event's im sure nobody talked them into anything, they knew what they were doing along with the risk. the lack of safety was very well known to everybody. This is just my opinion and im sure everbody else has their own.

Lead to believe there's a false sense of security? Really?

Does anyone actually read the waiver and release forms when they sign up to do a race or poker run event? I doubt it....

Does Florida have limitations to the percentage of the award that a trial attorney can receive? Just curious.

I do not know the answer to that, I am licensed in NJ. Sorry I could not answer that for you.

On a different point, real answers to most of the factual questions will be found in the discovery process. Until those answers are provided let the bullsh*t continue.

I am done in this thread.

What is being questioned is whether or not the sanctioning body did what it said it was going to do.
If SBI did everything they were supposed to, then all will be fine. (They should have disclosed it sooner to prevent this, perhaps.)
However, if they misled people and did NOT provide what they promised, then in reality the racers were not making an informed choice and that does cause a problem.
All racers know the inherent risks and that is not what is being questioned. What is in question is whether they had everything that they were expecting.

The best way I can sum up my feeling is with this synopsis.
People die everyday in car accidents. Safety features have been improved to reduce this risk, however it still happens. Now, you may die even in an airbag equipped car and there should be no reason to sue the manufacturer . However, if the car was supposed to be equipped with air bags and they were not installed.... then we there is a legitimate reason to file a suit.

Tom I agree with your example with one exception

In the real world, had that car accident happened the attorneys would sue the car manufacturer, the steering wheel manufacturer, the air bag manufacturer, and the car dealership that sold the car (even if they had no reason to believe the air bags were not installed) And if the car had been used on a tv commercial and sold due to the customer seeing that commercial the people who made the commercial will be sued! It is just so fricking wrong

My ex was sued in Michigan when a double bottom gasoline tanker skidded through a red light and hit our car and two others and killed the passenger in one of the cars. The tanker and trailer exploded and basically burned everything in sight. By way of a miracle my ex escaped the inferno by driving out with all four tires aflame.
Every vehicle owner in the accident was sued along with many vehicle component suppliers.

Don't want to start a major argument, but do you know how many ways I could make contact with some one and no one would know it's me? I got "contacts" all the time form people "no affiliated " with some one else, and at the end of the day it was his/her son that called.
Anyrate. Just a few questions, (sorry if it's answered before) Why file in Broward? I thought Joey was still alive when he got out of the boat. (I seem to remember reading somethnig about injuries and he was breathing) not sure. This drowining just sounds fishy.