“The mutual combat doctrine arose back in the mid-1990s. And since that period of time, there have been maybe seven or eight cases that have worked their way through the appellate courts,” the plaintiff-appellants argued. “All those cases have one thing in common. The combatants had absolutely no connection whatsoever with the establishment.”
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