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I am Al · 01-09-2015, 08:45

At least for the Omaha case, this is a case of the press twisting the headlines to make a story (imagine that).

The City of Omaha was sued because they planted trees across the bottom of a very long sledding hill. The hill was in a city park where the city knew it was a sledding hill, it has been publicized by the city for years as a sledding hill, and even before the city publicized it, it had been used for decades for sledding. What genius in the parks and rec dept thought planting trees at the bottom of a sledding run was a good idea??

IIRC (and like you mentioned about the end of the article), the court found the city negligent specifically for stupidly planting the trees in a known sledding run, not because some kid happened to randomly get hurt while out sledding.

Even with the suit, Omaha didn't ban sledding. They put signs up that said "sled at your own risk." I always kinda thought it was that way already.

01-09-2015, 08:45	#2
I am Al Asset Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Omaha, NE Posts: 45	At least for the Omaha case, this is a case of the press twisting the headlines to make a story (imagine that). The City of Omaha was sued because they planted trees across the bottom of a very long sledding hill. The hill was in a city park where the city knew it was a sledding hill, it has been publicized by the city for years as a sledding hill, and even before the city publicized it, it had been used for decades for sledding. What genius in the parks and rec dept thought planting trees at the bottom of a sledding run was a good idea?? IIRC (and like you mentioned about the end of the article), the court found the city negligent specifically for stupidly planting the trees in a known sledding run, not because some kid happened to randomly get hurt while out sledding. Even with the suit, Omaha didn't ban sledding. They put signs up that said "sled at your own risk." I always kinda thought it was that way already. Last edited by I am Al; 01-09-2015 at 08:59.
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