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Personal Injury & Torts

Aug. 2, 2002

Martial Arts Are At Your Own Risk

SACRAMENTO - A woman who was injured in a tae kwon do class cannot sue her instructor for damages under the primary assumption of risk doctrine, a state appeal court ruled Wednesday.

By Hudson Sangree
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SACRAMENTO - A woman who was injured in a tae kwon do class cannot sue her instructor for damages under the primary assumption of risk doctrine, a state appeal court ruled Wednesday.
        In this case, the instructor did nothing to increase the normal da...

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