Lawsuit Blames Oblivion For Pilot's Seizure
- Thread starter Earnest Cavalli
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Are games going to have unskippable 5 minute legal briefings now?
Because those won't get watched, either.
They'll have to merge it into the tutorials!
Right Click to Aim down your sights! Also, watch for seizures!
Because those won't get watched, either.
They'll have to merge it into the tutorials!
Right Click to Aim down your sights! Also, watch for seizures!
Speaking as somebody who does not have epilepsy but has endured a photosensitive seizure while gaming - fuck this guy. He lost his job because you legally cannot pilot aircraft with any history of seizure. It doesn't matter if it's epilepsy, any number of seizure disorders, or even a freak random photosensitive seizure.
Video games can cause seizures. I figure this dude had never had an episode of one since he was flying. But you became epileptic it's not a video games fault you became so, it just happens. Hell you could look at the sun and have an attack (maybe).
Life sucks and always tries to kick you. Don't sue people and companies because something out of anyones preventative control happened.
Life sucks and always tries to kick you. Don't sue people and companies because something out of anyones preventative control happened.
Yes, yes he does, and it sucks for him, but some jobs are just to importent or dangerious to be done by people who may be prone to seizure. Flying a plane, any plane, is a life or death matter for both him, any passangers he may have, and people on the ground.redisforever said:
As for the suit itself... I can't see him having a leg to stand on really... game do warn about this... in the manual, and the fact that people don't read it isn't something the game publisher can control. I suppose having a blurb pop up on screen before you start COULD be something they could invistigate, but, i never bother reading the names and logos that pop up on most games now a days as is, i just thumb past it, and if i can't, i get annoyed. LOL.
I do feel for the guy though. This has kind of turned his world upside down, but it's all just dumb luck, nothing anyone could control. And besides, i'd think i'd want to know i'm prone to seizures, esspecailly if my job would kill me and others if it happened.
Bribed? LOL. Anything is possible I suppose, but more then likely his condition was in it's eairly stages at the time and didn't trigger, or he devoloped it after the fact. Alot of stuff you are born with, but not everything. God forbit a tummer of somekind is growing in there...batuea said:
Judge, ladies and gentle men of the jury, family and friends;
I did not read the part in Law 101 where it said I could not kill that hooker and have sex with the body while driving in excess of the speed limit, hence, how could I possibly have been in anyway responsible.
Ignorance is no excuse.
I did not read the part in Law 101 where it said I could not kill that hooker and have sex with the body while driving in excess of the speed limit, hence, how could I possibly have been in anyway responsible.
Ignorance is no excuse.
I can't wait for the day when gaming isn't the scapegoat for everything. Plus, as everyone else has stated, he isn't going to have a case. He's going to fail completely.
you can claim that no one reads the warning label. that might be true.
but if it is true. then why does everyone who posted here is aware of it?
if we all know about it, the pilot must know it exist as well.
and is just being a dick, because hes medical condition ruined hes life.
but if it is true. then why does everyone who posted here is aware of it?
if we all know about it, the pilot must know it exist as well.
and is just being a dick, because hes medical condition ruined hes life.
I remember there always being a warning of "if you are susceptible to epileptic shocks and/or seizures, consult a physician before playing this game" kind of messages. It's in the console manuals, it's in the game manuals, it shows when you first boot up the games for most games, it's very prevalent. Yes, he could nail a judge who wants to put games down, but the industry has been very clear about this for at least a decade, if not more. Though, the American courts are occasionally frickin' retarded, most of those cases are about labels not being applied to common sense shit (i.e. that McDonalds Hot Coffee crap). The labels are all over in this case, including little red boxes on the back of the box saying Warning! A quick glance over about half of my gaming library has this warning prominently displayed on all current generation cases. The warning is on the PS3 box. It's not on the PS2 game cases, but that has been fixed, apparently (though the warning is in the game manual in every case).
Since he's epileptic, it's his fault. He was aware of his condition, he ignored the warnings, and he suffered the consequences. It's unfortunate for him, but this is the case. In this particular case, it could actually come back against him for negligence and whatever that really lawyer-y way of saying wasting the court's time is.
Since he's epileptic, it's his fault. He was aware of his condition, he ignored the warnings, and he suffered the consequences. It's unfortunate for him, but this is the case. In this particular case, it could actually come back against him for negligence and whatever that really lawyer-y way of saying wasting the court's time is.
Wait... did htis article writer just say the guy has a case becuase, "who reads warnings, anyway"?
That's incredible.
THe amount of stupid just exploded to over 9000
That's incredible.
THe amount of stupid just exploded to over 9000
