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by Banana Breath plays the piano on February 20th, 2011

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If you're in a play and someone says "break a leg" and you do, can you sue them?

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  • by Suezee77 on February 20th, 2011

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    come on get real, it means good luck. If you can get a lawyer to take that case you get yourself a real ambulance chaser there.

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    "Break a leg" is a well-known idiom in theater which means "good luck." It is typically said to actors and musicians before they go out onto stage to perform.

    The expression reflects a theatrical superstition in which wishing a person "good luck" is considered bad luck. The expression is sometimes used outside the theater as superstitions and customs travel through other professions and then into common use.

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  • by FalsePretense on February 20th, 2011

    FalsePretense

    You have a right to sue for anything, so I guess you could. Are you going to win? Probably not.

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  • by rwashburn on February 20th, 2011

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    the words " break a leg" do not create a legal and binding contract..implied or otherwise

    the best you could hope for might be a case of "Contibutory Negligence" though this would be circumstantial.. to make this work you would need accompanying " Prima Facie" for instance missing a cue or a forgotten line or two.

    If a jury could be convinced that you were under "Duress" because of the threat of breaking a leg then you might have a civil liability suit...tort is hard to posecute

    If we could bring in ethnic differances and with only six degrees of seperation....well we might just have a case against Osama bin Laden

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  • by r i p facebook on February 20th, 2011

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    If they don't say 'break a leg' you'll bomb or some kind of superstitious nonsense like that, and in today's market, you probably could sue.

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  • by kagemusha on February 20th, 2011

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    I am sure that you can, but only through 'the people's court'

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