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Originally Posted by firstlight
Imagine you have a broken leg or a knee injury from this incident, suddenly you can't work, and when you point out that here was a saftey issue with the positioning of the stairs and that you couldn't see it because it was not indicated, surely you can't say "Tough, its a viewing night, you should know it's going to be dark"?
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Well said Tony. Most rational people don't want to sue, but if they were to suffer financial loss because of someone else's negligence litigation may be the only option open to them to avoid losing their house.
I'm sure the professional observatories have to balance OH&S requirements whilst maintaining a dark environment - amateurs shouldn't expect to be exempt.
School and public viewing nights are definitely at risk - I'm sure the next thing we'll read about is someone touching a child inappropriately in the dark...
DT