High Line Sued for $2 Million Over Uneven Walkways

As if swine flu weren’t bad enough, now the unholy enemy of all who stand upright has landed on our shores. Of course, we are talking about tripping. But this time it has nothing to do with Bilbao, bridges, or Santiago Calatrava. Instead, it’s the still relatively-new High Line in Manhattan, about which Gothamist has received word that a woman has decided to sue the city for $2 million over the park’s uneven walkways, which caused her to trip, fall, and break her ankle. Before you scoff, this has apparently been a fairly typical issue, with loads of uneven paths and steps eagerly awaiting their next helpless victims. However, one could also argue that maybe if people were watching where they were walking, instead of trying to get a peek at all the naked attractive exhibitionists

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