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By Walter Olson, Ted Frank, and David Nieporent
NYU student Avram Wisnia was "horsing around a kiddie pool filled with gelatin" at a dorm party in 2004 when he was pushed and broke his hip. A judge has now ruled he cannot sue the university for allowing the event and having the school food service furnish the gelatin, the risks of such a recreation being obvious enough to put him on notice. ("No Go In Jell-o Wrestling Lawsuit Against NYU", AP/WNBC, Jan. 29).
Full post as published by Overlawyered on January 30, 2008 (boomark / email).
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