Originally Posted by
porcia83
No, you're not trying to prevent it, and after a while it almost seems like your fantasizing about something like that happening. Always worst case. Borderline accident/injury porn. As if some kind of record of minor mishaps and accidents codified by some report would prevent that from happening. And I wouldn't fret about attornys fees...those are covered under the terms of the AMA insurance. Plaintiff fees are taken out of settlement proceeds.
But funny you mention attorneys...if I'm not mistaken, you intimated in another thread about gathering this type of data and working in concert with plaintiff attorneys didn't you? I guess if the AMA didn't want your accident data perhaps the personal injury firms would benefit from it? Very helpful indeed.
Well, in the last two years, we've seen the VP of an AMA sanctioned club killed, non-participating spectators diving for their safety at an AMA sanctioned event, and an individual sent to the hospital with burns as a result of a crash. So explain again how the safety record is "impeccable" despite these incidents?
As for settlements, fees, etc. Whatever insurance doesn't pay comes out of the organization. At least based on the IRS 990s, the AMA isn't sitting on a pile of cash, so I wonder how much land in Muncie is worth these days?