[blml] Failure to see an alert

[Konrad Ciborowski]

Hi gang,

I am looking for a description of a case when someone alerted
a bid (his own, but I'm not 100% sure, probably screens were used)
and later on an opponent claimed not having seen the alert.
Normally it is the responsibility of the alerting player to make sure
that your screenmate has seen the alert but this time
the alerting player claims he was unable to do that as
he has a serious illness that makes it impossible
for him to turn his head.

Yes, I know how it sounds, but a fellow TD insists
he recalls a similar case from a casebook
and says that the ruling was quite unexpected.
Unfortunately he doesn't know anything beyond that.
I did some searching, found only Joanna Stansby's case in Vancouver
(http://www.bridgefederation.ch/99vanapp.html)
although the illness was not mentioned in
the write-up (only in David Stevenson's post
about this case on rec.games.brudge).
Nothing else.

Does anyone recall any case like that? Any
details would be greatly appreciated.
Even a link to a similar case would be great.


Konrad Ciborowski
Kraków, Poland




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