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Snowmobile Accident

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Spanky4548

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What is the name of your state? New Mexico
1 1/2 years ago (during Christmas vacation) my wife and I signed up for a one day sight seeing snowmobile trip to include lunch. We signed a release, as did everyone, and took a van drive to the mountain base camp. After getting dressed with winter jump suits we received a short introduction to the snowmobile. The guide said go as fast as you wish. We will wait for the slower drivers. He also told the passengers sitting behind the driver of the snowmobile "don't hold unto the driver as they will be standing and shifting their weight". My wife was told to hold onto the hand grip below her seat.
As we drove up the trail I was right behind the guide going around 40-45 MPH. We were jumping over small moguls and the sled would fly a few feet before coming down and off we would go again. After one mogul I didn't hear my wife laughing any longer and felt a tap on the shoulder. I pulled to the side only to see my wife with tears in her eyes and she couldn't catch her breath. A couple of the other sledders gave me a hand and we got my wife off the back of the snowmobile. After 20 minutes or so we slowly took the snowmobiles back down the trail. When we arrived at base camp again the owner of the tour guide company escorted my wife to a trailer where we laid her on her back. The owner said "I thought you two on that one machine was too much weight for the shocks". We later went to town and my wife was admitted to the emergency room where they took exrays and gave her pain medication. They said she had severly strianed her back. After we got home her own doctor said she had cracked two vertabrea and two ribs. Today she cannot lift any item very heavy. Even our sex life has been reduced because she can't stay any weight on her.
Do we have a case against the tour guide company and also do we have a case perhaps against the snowmobile company for such a poor design?
The accident happended in Colorado.
 


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hickgirl

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My guess would be you do not have a case. You signed a waiver. Riding sleds can be a risky sport, you knew that going in. Most sleds are only made for one rider, not passengers. Most of them have a sticker right on them saying this. My opinion is you should of known better to go that fast over mogule. Why wasn't she on her own sled?
 

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