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Wouldn't they be trespassing if it's without permission?
by thesagan 10y ago
Wouldn't they be trespassing if it's without permission?
- johan_larson 10y agoOh, yes. But US liability law is a funny thing and its reach is vast. That's why US swimming pools tend to be surrounded with serious fencing with locked gates: to avoid liability for the kids and drunks and $OUT_GROUP members who would otherwise wander in and drown.
- vl 10y agoYou can't insure a property if pool (or entire property) is not fenced.
- cakeface 10y agoSure you can. You just cannot use standard cheap home policies. I have learned that someone somewhere will always write a policy. It may be crazy expensive. But they will write it.
- brianwawok 10y agoMany places are fine with a retractable cover that you can't fall through. They are like a flat thing on wheels, let you walk on it when closed.
- grkvlt 10y agoYes, but 'attractive nuisance' laws are there to stop you escaping liability this way. If you make a super-dangerous thing, which is likely to attract idiots or small children, and then kill them, you can't just say 'it was their own fault, your honour, they shouldn't ought to have been there on my land...', rather you must erect a fence and post warnings. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attractive_nuisance_doctrine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attractive_nuisance_doctrine