Assumption of risk? I know it is a 12 year old girl though. I guess I need to know if this move is done routinely by other 12 year olds, what was the fall protection like, etc…
BTW….my daughter broke her arm on the school playground where the monkey bars are over concrete! Concrete?!? There must be some regulation to have softer stuff underneath. But I never checked it out and the thought never crossed my mind to sue. Kids get hurt. The statute of limitations hasn’t run out yet, maybe I should…..
You can file a claim with the school district’s insurance in order to be reimbursed for all of your out of pocket expenses not paid by your health insurance. The school district policy is treated as a secondary policy to your health insurance as the first policy. It’s very easy and you have one year from the DOL to have file the claims. I have three kids who have all been injured at school over the years either in PE class, recess and organized teams with two injuries requiring surgery. The district policy picked up 100% of my out of pocket expenses costing us nothing. That is why the district has a policy except they don’t advertise it to anyone.
As a Pop Warner Football parent I can tell you that cheerleading has become as competitive, if not more so than football. The move they are talking about is done routinely, however, I’m not sure of the age they start with the lifts. Cheerleading has become a dangerous “sport”.
I was and I still am involved with local Recreational League cheerleading. My daughter is on the 7-9 age group and they are already doing basket tosses. At the the age of 12, they are typically more advanced. This is a regular maneuver of most cheering teams and the rec leagues are very competitive. They say that cheerleading is more dangerous than football, and, it is to some extent. The coaches are typically volunteers and they do not get paid. It’s kind of ridiculous to sue the coach or the league. Kids participate in these activities and there are always injuries. It’s a shame, but, it happens. It should not result in legal actions.
If your child is involved in cheerleading, this day in age, stunting which includes baskets tosses. It is a high risk sport–oops sorry, not considered a sport, activity. My daughter has broken three fingers through the joints and they will never be completely useable or “pretty” again. It is a total assumption of risk when you allow your CHILD to participate in this type of activity.
One single sport over the past 25 years has been responsible for more than two-thirds of all catastrophic sorts injuries to high school and college female athletes in the U.S. — cheerleading. That’s according to the 25th Annual Report of the National Center for Catastrophic Sports Injurty Research. The report provides info on a danger that has largely gone unrecognized by many school districts, cheerleading coaches, parents and athletes. Ethic Soup has several excellent posts on cheerleading guidelines and safety rules:
Assumption of risk? I know it is a 12 year old girl though. I guess I need to know if this move is done routinely by other 12 year olds, what was the fall protection like, etc…
BTW….my daughter broke her arm on the school playground where the monkey bars are over concrete! Concrete?!? There must be some regulation to have softer stuff underneath. But I never checked it out and the thought never crossed my mind to sue. Kids get hurt. The statute of limitations hasn’t run out yet, maybe I should…..
You can file a claim with the school district’s insurance in order to be reimbursed for all of your out of pocket expenses not paid by your health insurance. The school district policy is treated as a secondary policy to your health insurance as the first policy. It’s very easy and you have one year from the DOL to have file the claims. I have three kids who have all been injured at school over the years either in PE class, recess and organized teams with two injuries requiring surgery. The district policy picked up 100% of my out of pocket expenses costing us nothing. That is why the district has a policy except they don’t advertise it to anyone.
As a Pop Warner Football parent I can tell you that cheerleading has become as competitive, if not more so than football. The move they are talking about is done routinely, however, I’m not sure of the age they start with the lifts. Cheerleading has become a dangerous “sport”.
I was and I still am involved with local Recreational League cheerleading. My daughter is on the 7-9 age group and they are already doing basket tosses. At the the age of 12, they are typically more advanced. This is a regular maneuver of most cheering teams and the rec leagues are very competitive. They say that cheerleading is more dangerous than football, and, it is to some extent. The coaches are typically volunteers and they do not get paid. It’s kind of ridiculous to sue the coach or the league. Kids participate in these activities and there are always injuries. It’s a shame, but, it happens. It should not result in legal actions.
If your child is involved in cheerleading, this day in age, stunting which includes baskets tosses. It is a high risk sport–oops sorry, not considered a sport, activity. My daughter has broken three fingers through the joints and they will never be completely useable or “pretty” again. It is a total assumption of risk when you allow your CHILD to participate in this type of activity.
Never even thought of sueing. It is what it is.
In Ohio, schools are not allowed to perform stunts in cheerleading. One would have to go to a club or rec center.
One single sport over the past 25 years has been responsible for more than two-thirds of all catastrophic sorts injuries to high school and college female athletes in the U.S. — cheerleading. That’s according to the 25th Annual Report of the National Center for Catastrophic Sports Injurty Research. The report provides info on a danger that has largely gone unrecognized by many school districts, cheerleading coaches, parents and athletes. Ethic Soup has several excellent posts on cheerleading guidelines and safety rules:
http://www.ethicsoup.com/guidelines-to-help-prevent-cheerleading-injuries.html
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http://www.ethicsoup.com/high-school-cheerleading-safety-rules.html