New Hampshire Campground Owners Sued in Flood Death

September 23, 2009

  • September 23, 2009 at 11:55 am
    wudchuck says:
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    excuse me, but they have no reason to say STOP – we are temporarily calling mother nature to bring lots of rain. you had already noticed that others left. now if you read the article, it says EJECTED? so was anyone wearing a seatbelt? so problem is finding why was everyone w/o a seatbelt and why did you not go after your daughter? i seriously think that this person is not thinking. i am sorry they lost their daughter. i bet this fellow is thinking that they will settle out of court, i hope that it goes to court and find all the details of how he was not a responsbile driver and parent.

  • September 23, 2009 at 12:27 pm
    Jeff says:
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    As usual IJ misses some details. See http://www.woodallscm.com/2009/09/northeast-campground-sued-over-2008-flooding-death/

  • September 23, 2009 at 1:46 am
    Cynic says:
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    The campers seemed to be aware of possible weather problems. Why wern’t they more observant? Why did they expect to have someone stop them and tell them, why didn’t they stop and ask someone? I read the link to a larger article submitted by a reader, and it says the husband tried to rescue his family by shouting “Help, someone save my family” as he was standing by the creek. Why didn’t he do something? I do feel sorry for their loss, but wonder why they didn’t do more.

  • September 23, 2009 at 4:07 am
    Doctor J says:
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    Exactly. Let’s see.. lots of rain.. oh, wait, twist my arm so I don’t cancel! Whose fault is that????

    Sad what happened to their daughter but they put her in peril by even going there.

  • September 24, 2009 at 7:12 am
    wudchuck says:
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    ok, i read the article last nite. first of all, it truly amazes me that he does not have a radio on when camping. one of the first rules of camping is not place yourself next to the river due to an overflow. secondly, if he was so adamant about not being told, why did he not ask the other folks why they all were packing up at the same time? i bet if the little one had not been wearing a seatbelt, she might have been ejected as well. so, truly we have a tragedy, but the parent did not take proper responsibility. he sat on the bank calling for help but not doing anything. mother was holding the other child who was unconscious, while holding a tree. we see clouds overhead and it’s dumping rain, what do you think it’s going to do? the judge showed throw this out. what if the owner had not been there and had already moved out or just happened to be at the grocery store? whose fault would it have been? again, this DAD, should have been more responsible and remembered more about the so-called rules of camping.

  • September 24, 2009 at 10:45 am
    JENN says:
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    This is a horrible tragedy and surely one that could have been prevented, however, don’t blame the family/father for what happened to their daughter. No one can know the exact details of what happened. It’s easy to SAY how you may react in a disaster situation but when something like this happens to you directly you don’t know how you would actually react. The family is already suffering a great loss and the poor father is probably replaying this over and over again in his head and blaming himself.

  • September 24, 2009 at 11:21 am
    Sandra says:
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    JENN – are you kidding? He doesn’t blame himself at all – he blames the owners of the campground. As always, there is NO PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY here. This is tragic – and don’t doubt that.

  • September 24, 2009 at 12:13 pm
    jenn says:
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    Sandra, just because he’s transferring fault to the owners of the campgroup does NOT mean that he isn’t suffering a great personal loss in the death of his daughter. My point is that people shouldn’t judge the reactions of others in this type of situation. I agree that the owners of the campgroup should not be held liable but to place the blame on the father without knowing all the details, is also unfair.

  • September 24, 2009 at 12:55 pm
    Sandra says:
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    Jenn – I don’t blame the father or the family at all for this tradegy – it was Mother Nature and she can’t be held accountable! My point was that the father is trying to blame someone who is not at all responsible for this terrible loss. These kind of things happen and it could have been avoided had the family been aware of their environment and the people around them.

  • September 24, 2009 at 2:10 am
    He just sat there? says:
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    Jenn, apparently he just sat there calling for help when there was no one around to hear. This is tragic, but is also appears did not DO a thing to help his own child.



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