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Old 05-12-2011, 01:36 PM   #99
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Originally Posted by Bring_Back_Shantz View Post
I disagree completely.

It's a business that's providing people with a space to engage in a potentially dangerous past time.
People are paying to engage in what in an activity in which their actions can forseeably cause damage to someone's property or injury.

Hockey rinks, race tracks, ski hills, all do this, but they aren't liable if a puck flys out off the ice and hits someone, they aren't liable if someone drives to hard and crashes their car, and they aren't liable if if someone runs into another skiier.
I would argue that hockey rinks, ski hills are potentially liable for injuries/damages on their property in certain cases. If it has happened several times at that specific area, then sooner or later, wouldn't it become negligent to not have some sort of safety measures up?

I'm guessing this is why so many rinks have netting above the glass protecting the stands, and so many ski hills will have certain trees marked with high visibility tape/netting.
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