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Law Summary

It is unlawful to wear women’s pumps with sharp, high heels.

Why does this law exist?

There was a court case involving a woman who got a heel of one of her shoes caught in a sidewalk grating, fell, and injured herself. Subsequently, the city passed this law in self defense of more lawsuits.

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