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Taking a dive: diving boards around the country are being removed from community pools due to liability and safety concerns. But are those concerns--and the rising insurance costs--really justified?(influence of negative information)(television programs by Meneely's attorneys )
Greg Munro is not really an active member of the aquatics industry. He doesn't operate or manage a pool, nor does he coach or promote water safety. But like many adults, he spent childhood summers at the local pool, where he just couldn't wait to take flying leaps off the diving board. He still loves doing cannonballs.
So when his favorite swimming pool in Missoula, Mont., removed the diving board in 1998, he became obsessed with finding out why. Now a law professor writing a study on "The Case of the Disappearing Diving Boards: The Role of insurance in Prohibiting Risk in our Society," his quest has led him down a path of frustration and confusion.
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