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Volunteer not liable when lantern falls

Volunteer not liable when lantern falls

Volunteer not liable when lantern falls

When a dancer at an event hosted by a nonprofit organization in a city facility was injured by a lantern that had been hung by a volunteer fell from the ceiling, she sued the volunteer and the city for her injuries. The Supreme Court of Alaska has affirmed a trial court decision granting summary judgment to dismiss the city and a jury decision finding that the volunteer was not negligent. Strangely, the injured woman had not sued the nonprofit organization for which the volunteer was working. The city had argued that it had no independent duty to the woman and brought a third-party complaint against the volunteer. The volunteer argued that he was not negligent and was protected by the...

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