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Personal Injury & Torts

Aug. 15, 2012

Is the primary assumption of risk doctrine on its way out the door?

The Supreme Court's decision in Nawla may answer that question soon. By Donald R. Wild and James J. Patrick of Wild, Carey & Fife


By Donald R. Wild and James J. Patrick


The short answer: it's not going strong, but staying alive, although perhaps soon to be gone for amusement park rides.


At least for those of us who regularly defend automobile and motorcycle racing venues, ice skating rinks, skiing and snow boarding resorts, and amusement parks, this very important question will be answered shortly by the state Supreme Court in Nalwa v. Cedar Fair, L.P. No. S195031.

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