TIL that a court case in Iceland involving an MMA gym and an injured patron was ruled in the gym's favor on the basis of a clause in a 13th century legal manuscript.
https://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/news/2017/04/12/13th_century_body_of_law_used_in_case_against_mma_f/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g2r01w/til_that_a_court_case_in_iceland_involving_an_mma/
https://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/news/2017/04/12/13th_century_body_of_law_used_in_case_against_mma_f/
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g2r01w/til_that_a_court_case_in_iceland_involving_an_mma/
13th century body of law used in case against MMA fighter
Grágás is Iceland’s oldest body of law, dating back to 1250. It was recently used high court in a case of a man who got injured in his bachelor party while fighting an MMA fighter in Mjölnir sport club (best known for being MMA fighter Gunnar Nelsson…mbl.is
