Alasdair explained on 08/05/2008 :
> On Thu, 8 May 2008 19:26:02 +0100, "The Todal"
> wrote:
>
>> No, nor would I. In theory a bouncy castle is the ideal thing for a
>> children's party and, in the imagination of a naive parent, the risks of
>> injury (or at any rate, of severe injury) are so remote that they aren't
>> worth thinking about.
>>
>> Yet those who are in the bouncy castle business know that people regularly
>> sustain severe injury if for instance the castle is under or over inflated,
>> or if there is an inappropriate mix of ages, or if some people are too
>> uninhibited in their play.
>
> The interesting thing here is who is going to pay the damages. If I
> hired a bouncy castle for a party, the last thing on my mind would be
> third party insurance and I doubt if the hirers have insurance cover.
>
> So, is it a hollow victory for the kid who got injured.
It is hard to get insurance for that type of business. When I say that
I mean there is possibly insurance but it is so high they won't pay it.
I have knowledge of how someone who had inflatables operated. This was
his way and is not reflective of all.
An inflatable slide could earn him £1 per child and a minimum of 12
kids on the slide at once. When busy he would cut the time to 4
minutes and allow 15 kids on. He would have someone located at the top
of the slide and 1 person on the bottom. But older kids would get on
and were a danger to the little ones. He has 2 people trying to claim
against him for injuries to children. They will never find him and he
packed the game in a while ago.
He had an another inflatable which kids could play inside. I can say
no more as I would give him away. He had guys working for him who did
not peg it down properly. It tipped over with 6 kids inside but they
somehow managed to blag their way out of it. He was normally safety
conscious and he paid good money. But the people who worked for him
were not up to it to say the least.
They make as much as they can in the summer and do other things in the
winter.
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Baldoni
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