B.A.S.E. jumper sues Empire State Building security for 'severe emotional distress'

http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/4929/74265895yb2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

(pic above not of plaintiff in article - just a BASE jumper crazy mofos)

$30M EMPIRE JUMP SUIT

January 15, 2008 -- The dopey daredevil who tried to parachute off the Empire State Building is coming down on the landmark with a $30 million lawsuit.

In the suit, which is expected to be filed today in Manhattan Supreme Court, Jeb Corliss says the security guards who thwarted his 2006 attempt at jumping off the building endangered his life and caused him "severe emotional distress."

Corliss' lawyer, Mark Jay Heller, said the suit also charges that the building's brass defamed him by claiming his conduct was illegal, when they knew the criminal charge against him had been thrown out of court.

The incident happened April 27, 2006, when Corliss, a highly experienced BASE - building, antenna, span or earth - jumper, tried to leap off the observation deck.



source (http://www.nypost.com/seven/01152008/news/regionalnews/30m_empire_jump_suit_711353.htm)

They should have taken the shoot and pushed his dumb ass...

Here's a post njohnson made about the same guy, as he attempts to be the first man to jump out of a plane without a parachute and land safely.
http://www.noobsters.com/forum/showthread.php?t=32651

Tell him to take a run and jump ffs:icon_cheesygrin:

Here's a post njohnson made about the same guy, as he attempts to be the first man to jump out of a plane without a parachute and land safely.
http://www.noobsters.com/forum/showthread.php?t=32651


Hah! You're on the ball Max! That's great recall you've got. I totally didn't make the connection to my own previous thread until you very correctly pointed it out just now. I must have read that other NYT article 3 or 4 times and still the name of the BASE jumper (and the event in question briefly mentioned) didn't stick.

Excellent (re)find and thread connection! Thanks man! :f-beer2:

changed icon for you the other 2 prolly didnt know how.

"OMG, I was going to jump off the building and security stopped me, which endangered my life"
(not an actual quote =Þ )

Some people really don't hear themselves think/speak sometimes.

Our court system is all screwed up to allow these cases to even be considered. The should have given him two options: 1)push him off with out the chute 2)take the elevator.