Environmental Claims
8/25/2008 8:54:29 PM EST
Posted by Michael Aylward
See http://law.lexisnexis.com/practiceareas/Insurance-Law-Blog/Insurance/Vermont-Joins-Other-Northeastern-States-Adopts-Time-on-the-Risk-Approach-in-Long-Tail-Cases
SCOVT affirms summary judgment dismissing premises liability claim brought
on behalf of trespassing child, declining to adopt attractive nuisance
doctrine recognized in the Restatement, holding protection of children was
not “plain justification “ for overruling longstanding
no-duty-to-trespasser precedent that has fostered certainty, stability, and
predictability in Vermont’s landowner liability law.
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* Premises Liability. Attractive Nuisance. Stare Decisi*s
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