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Originally Posted by Peanut
I've been wondering about that myself. If they continue with the event and leave the track as is, what are the risks of a similar accident happening? If they move the event to an alternate location or modify that corner somehow (raising the wall, for example) are they opening themselves up to liability? As in, is changing the corner before letting the competition proceed is an admission that it was inherently unsafe in the first place?
Not that I want to get into the whole negligence/freak accident debate, but you know that the threat of a lawsuit is hanging over the IOC/VANOC's heads right now and that has to factor into their decisions on this.
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Subsequent remedial measures are never admissible as an admission that the condition was dangerous previously. That protects them in court, the public opinion issue is obviously completely different.