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Originally Posted by nancy thereader
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Long Ago in Manhasset , at the end of The Miracle Mile , B. Altman's had a huge cement wall which dropped down all the way to Northern Blvd .
Kids jumped off it all the time. One was my brother who broke his arm .
No one even THOUGHT (in the fifties) of suing the town of Manhasset or B. Altman's .
I guess things are different today .
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Not really, a case like that would be dismissed based on the doctrine of primary assumption of risk. Not to say an insurance company wouldn't settle it to avoid legal fees, but you wouldn't ultimately win if it goes all the way to trial.
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