The Town of Ocean City has formally answered a $750,000 civil suit filed by a woman who was allegedly injured by a Boardwalk Tram.
“We answered with a general denial of allegations, not a motion to dismiss,” City Solicitor Guy Ayres said. “We’ll be proceeding with normal legislation.”
The resort response to the suit was filed in U.S. District Court on Dec. 15, 2015. Initial filings for the lawsuit started in August last year.
According to legal documents, plaintiff Sherry Clapper of Altoona, Pa. was riding the Boardwalk tram on Aug. 23, 2012.
At approximately 6:30 p.m., the tram stopped at 7th Street to drop off passengers, including Clapper. Clapper had one foot on the boards when the rear conductor of the three-car vehicle signaled to the driver that he was “clear to go,” according to the complaint.
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I am no fan of OC and their "Home Boy" mentality, but the Mayor and Council has nothing to do with the hiring, training and supervising the Transportation / Tram employees. That falls under the Dispatchers responsibility. They hire, schedule and ensure the training is completed for all Transportation employees. They even recommend rehiring from season to season and recommend firing of these employees. Appears this lawsuit will not be considered, since the wrong people are listed on the lawsuit.
ReplyDeleteSome people can get hurt walking to the bathroom.
ReplyDeleteThere is nothing to do in that town but get hammered. All the people that die trying to cross the street drunk it was only a matter of time before the tram got somebody too.
ReplyDeleteI place the blame squarely on the person who is actually bringing the charge. If you dont have the intelligence, dexterity or common sense to get off the tram in a timely manner, then they do not belong on the tram in the first place. This woman was not dragged 25 feet...how is that possible. Has anyone ever taken a good look at those trams. I have ... many times. There is nothing the woman could have gotten caught on. Run over maybe, but caught on and drug down the boardwalk...come on.
ReplyDeleteThis type of BS is why there is a good chance trams and other things like this are going to go away. You cannot have anything now-a-days without someone wanting to sue the crap out of it. She needs to go back to where she came from and learn to get off a tram.