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Oskuposer

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AMF house trouble
« on: March 15, 2010, 03:57:21 AM »
At a local bowling alley a league member who wears sneakers to bowl recently broke their leg bowling and sued.  Corporate policy is now no one can wear sneakers even if they are only used for bowling.  Can they still have usbc leagues if they do not allow bowlers to use sneakers that are purely used for bowling. USBC rule states that they can be non marking shoes.
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Re: AMF house trouble
« Reply #1 on: March 15, 2010, 12:05:16 PM »
he won the case?

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Oskuposer

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« Reply #2 on: March 15, 2010, 12:16:53 PM »
idk but he made enough of an issue that amf took a notice and at least for the southern region.
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Re: AMF house trouble
« Reply #3 on: March 15, 2010, 12:21:50 PM »
I am pretty sure they can adopt a corporate policy that is tougher than the USBC standards.  If it was changed after he broke his leg then they are going to have to settle.  If it was in place but not posted then they will settle.  

The USBC does the tougher than standards thing for their own tournament, so I am sure it can be done by a company that owns the building that this occurred in.
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Re: AMF house trouble
« Reply #4 on: March 15, 2010, 03:10:55 PM »
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mom mother used to work for AMF and they treated her like utter and total dirt and they o her alot. now if i want to laugh all i have to do is walk in to any AMF center here in kansas and i get one.from my last count they have closed like 3 or 4 of them in the part of kansas i live. i have story for you there is a kid working in the snack bar and he is makeing some fries or cheese stick and there is a deep frier in the snack bar well he pulled fries or the cheese sticks out now you are supposed to let the oil for a couple seconds well he didn't and burned(not bad enough to even leave a mark)and he goes home to his mother and tell her what happend and sues and if i rember correctly he got around 5 miilion now rember he never had a burn mark on him or anything.Now that is funny to me atleast
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Re: AMF house trouble
« Reply #5 on: March 15, 2010, 03:18:04 PM »
Pulp Fiction.

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Re: AMF house trouble
« Reply #6 on: March 15, 2010, 03:30:08 PM »
Every shoe is not a "non marking" shoe...I bowl in AMF Marlow Heights in PG County, MD and I see Nike Boots and other kinds of shoes on the approach all the time and the management does nothing about it...that being said, I feel that the center manager should have every league bowler sign a waiver of liability sheet that says that you use this facility at their own risk and the center is not responsible in any way for any injuries that may happen.
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Re: AMF house trouble
« Reply #7 on: March 15, 2010, 03:40:51 PM »
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mom mother used to work for AMF and they treated her like utter and total dirt and they o her alot. now if i want to laugh all i have to do is walk in to any AMF center here in kansas and i get one.from my last count they have closed like 3 or 4 of them in the part of kansas i live. i have story for you there is a kid working in the snack bar and he is makeing some fries or cheese stick and there is a deep frier in the snack bar well he pulled fries or the cheese sticks out now you are supposed to let the oil for a couple seconds well he didn't and burned(not bad enough to even leave a mark)and he goes home to his mother and tell her what happend and sues and if i rember correctly he got around 5 miilion now rember he never had a burn mark on him or anything.Now that is funny to me atleast
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Re: AMF house trouble
« Reply #8 on: March 15, 2010, 03:48:47 PM »
Wehnineedalaughijustlookatyourpost.

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mom mother used to work for AMF and they treated her like utter and total dirt and they o her alot. now if i want to laugh all i have to do is walk in to any AMF center here in kansas and i get one.from my last count they have closed like 3 or 4 of them in the part of kansas i live. i have story for you there is a kid working in the snack bar and he is makeing some fries or cheese stick and there is a deep frier in the snack bar well he pulled fries or the cheese sticks out now you are supposed to let the oil for a couple seconds well he didn't and burned(not bad enough to even leave a mark)and he goes home to his mother and tell her what happend and sues and if i rember correctly he got around 5 miilion now rember he never had a burn mark on him or anything.Now that is funny to me atleast
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Re: AMF house trouble
« Reply #9 on: March 16, 2010, 08:34:15 AM »
Exactly how does soomeone break their leg bowling, and what does that have to do with shoes?

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At a local bowling alley a league member who wears sneakers to bowl recently broke their leg bowling and sued.  Corporate policy is now no one can wear sneakers even if they are only used for bowling.  Can they still have usbc leagues if they do not allow bowlers to use sneakers that are purely used for bowling. USBC rule states that they can be non marking shoes.
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JOE FALCO

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Re: AMF house trouble
« Reply #10 on: March 16, 2010, 08:57:17 AM »
I've seen bowlers with WET soles fall when bowling .. I can picture someone with improper shoes falling hard enough to BREAK A LEG ..
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Re: AMF house trouble
« Reply #11 on: March 17, 2010, 01:51:43 AM »
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Exactly how does soomeone break their leg bowling, and what does that have to do with shoes?

At a local bowling alley a league member who wears sneakers to bowl recently broke their leg bowling and sued.  Corporate policy is now no one can wear sneakers even if they are only used for bowling.  Can they still have usbc leagues if they do not allow bowlers to use sneakers that are purely used for bowling. USBC rule states that they can be non marking shoes.
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I agree.. and how would it be the alley''''s fault??
I am surprised any business can survive now a days.. seems you can sue and get money for just about anything.. seems places have to have a sign about everything so some idiot doesn''''t act like an idiot and do something to get themselves hurt..

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Re: AMF house trouble
« Reply #12 on: March 17, 2010, 01:58:15 AM »
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Exactly how does soomeone break their leg bowling, and what does that have to do with shoes?
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I used to date a girl who was being courted by several different women's bowling programs -- she went to slide one night during, her sole stuck and she suffered tears to the MCL, PCL and ACL ligaments, patella tendon tear and suffered a stress fracture of the tibial plateau in her left knee. Ended her career and she hasn't thrown a ball since, even recreationally. You've got more forces in play during a bowling slide than you might think.

As to the case in question in this thread, I suspect what happened is the kid stuck, then took a tumble and broke the leg on the fall.

What I find ironic is one of the AMF ball company's bowlers is Michael Haugen, who appears to either wear sneakers or at least has a non-sliding sole on his left shoe. I realize AMF the ball company is different than AMF the bowling center company, but still...

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J_w73

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Re: AMF house trouble
« Reply #13 on: March 17, 2010, 02:09:08 AM »
If you are wearing a sneaker I can't imagine you want to or would try to slide at all..
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