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A CASE TO CONSIDER

Are Your Old Buildings Dangerous?

Henricksen v. State (2004)

In November 1995 a 3-year-old child named Hunter slipped between the stairway balusters of a second-story open stairwell at the Montana State University at Bozeman library. He fell about 20 feet, landing on the left side of his head on the concrete floor below. He sustained three skull fractures in the...

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