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Old Tue Feb 19, 2008, 08:51am
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Originally Posted by greymule
So who gets sued when somebody breaks his neck after falling over the wheelchair?
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Originally Posted by BretMan
I don't know. How many lawyers can dance on the head of a pin? The wheelchair has a legal right to be there. The softball organization has a legal duty to comply with the ADA. Barring some willfull intent to cause harm by the chair user, maybe nobody gets sued. If the chair is there by the mandate of Federal legislation, whose "fault" is it that it's there?
Being sued and being sued successfully are 2 different things. Expect the lawsuits.

P.S. Lawyers dance on opur heads not on pins.
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