05-11-2019, 05:31 AM
"The attractive nuisance doctrine applies to the law of torts, in the United States. It states that a landowner may be held liable for injuries to children trespassing on the land if the injury is caused by an object on the land that is likely to attract children."
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"attractive nuisance"
This term applies mostly applies to man-made things like swimming pools, trampolines, treehouses and the like. The former are consistently dangerous to children, drowning risk. It can also apply to lakes; there's hundreds across the American Northeast. Law is mixed from state to state on whether lakes need to be fenced off.
Lava fields are not particularly attractive to anyone. They draw a specific group, hikers, who, it is generally understood, are at risk from falling on uneven terrain.
There are major trip and fall hazards in virtually every park or natural area in Hawaii. Cliffs all over the place. People are misapplying the attractive nuisance concept.
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"attractive nuisance"
This term applies mostly applies to man-made things like swimming pools, trampolines, treehouses and the like. The former are consistently dangerous to children, drowning risk. It can also apply to lakes; there's hundreds across the American Northeast. Law is mixed from state to state on whether lakes need to be fenced off.
Lava fields are not particularly attractive to anyone. They draw a specific group, hikers, who, it is generally understood, are at risk from falling on uneven terrain.
There are major trip and fall hazards in virtually every park or natural area in Hawaii. Cliffs all over the place. People are misapplying the attractive nuisance concept.