# Bell wins lawsuit filed by cyclist

**URL:** <https://ecmtb.net/t/bell-wins-lawsuit-filed-by-cyclist/1574>\
**Category:** Bicycling\
**Created:** [August 22, 2013, 8:09pm UTC](https://ecmtb.net/t/bell-wins-lawsuit-filed-by-cyclist/1574 "2013-08-22T20:09:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![riderx](https://ecmtb.net/user_avatar/ecmtb.net/riderx/32/2821_2.png) [@riderx](https://ecmtb.net/u/riderx)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2013, 8:09pm UTC](https://ecmtb.net/t/bell-wins-lawsuit-filed-by-cyclist/1574/1 "2013-08-22T20:09:50Z")

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All too often people are overly eager to use the legal system to excuse themselves of responsibility. Seems this is one of those cases and Bell fought and won instead of laying down and playing dead.

[http://www.bicycleretailer.com/north-america/2013/08/21/bell-wins-lawsuit-filed-cash-victim#.UhZuwhtzBu5](http://www.bicycleretailer.com/north-america/2013/08/21/bell-wins-lawsuit-filed-cash-victim#.UhZuwhtzBu5)

PS. This is not an arguement for or against helmet use…period.

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**Author:** ![BornAgainKen](https://ecmtb.net/user_avatar/ecmtb.net/bornagainken/32/774_2.png) [@BornAgainKen](https://ecmtb.net/u/BornAgainKen)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 9:08am UTC](https://ecmtb.net/t/bell-wins-lawsuit-filed-by-cyclist/1574/2 "2013-08-23T09:08:16Z")

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**sigh** … so much for my get rich quick idea 😢