HuntingNet.com Forums - View Single Post - More Problems For The Hunters
View Single Post
Old 03-15-2007, 05:33 AM
  #8  
kevin1
Dominant Buck
 
kevin1's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Ramsey , Indiana
Posts: 22,545
Default RE: More Problems For The Hunters

Since 1966, Pennsylvania has had a law - the Recreational Use of Land and Water Act - that is suppose to protect landowners from liabilities connected with allowing the public to use their peoperties without charge.
While her injuries were regrettable, this alone is why she shouldn't receive more than compensation for her medical bills. No matter how careful a shooter may be the chance of a round getting deflected always exists, and the hunter was engaged in a perfectly legal activity at the time. The landowner should never have been held liable in the first place. If this suit is allowed to proceed, and especially if she wins, it has the potential to effectively kill hunting in that state. Don't think that the ARFs aren't keenly watching it either, if it works they'll add it to their arsenal and use it in other states as a precedent to make their case to overturn similar laws in your state.
kevin1 is offline