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Assumption of RiskIf you are injured in some way, but if you knowingly and voluntarily assumed the risk that you might be injured, then under the legal doctrine of "assumption of risk" you cannot sue the person or business who injured you. For example, if you play softball with your company team and sprain your knee during a game, you cannot sue your company or the other team for your injury because you assumed that you might be injured when you went out on the softball diamond. Now if one of the other team mates comes up to you during the game and deliberately slugs you, that is a different story because that kind of injury is not an inherent part of the game. You could sue that specific player or file assault charges against him. |