School Board removes playground swings

No wonder our kids are overweight.

Cabell County, West Virginia.

… the county’s school system has decided to remove swing sets from all school playgrounds, due to lawsuit fears.

The decision came after the school district faced two different lawsuits from the same parent over relatively minor injuries suffered by his two kids in separate incidents on a school playground. Facing a tight budget because of the current economic situation, the school system determined that it could not afford the potential costs of playground-related lawsuits and decided to remove the swing sets. …

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Details on Faces of Lawsuit Abuse.

10 months later the swings were returned at a cost of $260,000 for 17 schools.

It’s far too easy to launch a nuisance lawsuit in the USA.

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Rick Mc

Career gymnastics coach who loves the outdoors, and the internet.

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