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  A Manhattan jury awarded $14.1 million to a woman who lay
  down on New York City subway tracks and was hit by a train 
  during a failed suicide. Another New York City jury gave 
  $9.3 million to a man who fell on subway tracks while 
  inebriated and lost his left arm. Another drunk on the 
  tracks was awarded $6 million.
I dunno, if you can get $14.1m for lying down on the subway tracks, you can probably get a pot of money if the city turns a blind eye while people go down into unlocked vaults for parties and have an accident.



That's pretty dumb. But perhaps it's subtle encouragement from the juries for the MTA to install platform doors:

http://funini.com/train/tokyo/namboku/00.html




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