ORIGINAL: StrutNtom
I haven't read all of the replies, but some of you guys are crazy for sticking up for the tresspassers. Lets flip the script.
Say that the tresspassers run into an old barbed wire fence while tresspassing on the mans land and rips half of the drivers face off. He in return sues the land owner AND WINS!!!!Now the land owner has to salehis land to pay thescum bag $,1000,000 in "damages".
I work in law enforcement and see this kind of stuff happen every day. Bottom line is that they didn't have permission to be on the land, PERIOD so stay the hell off!!!![:@][:@]
YOu must have crappy lawyers in your area, because the last time I looked every state in the union had recreation use statutes (whether you have permission or not) that protects landowners from liability of the use of their property and any dangers it may poses. They only time these statutes are voided is if the user pays for use and access (aka leases). Tresspassers did not pay so they can't sue. Well they can try, but they will never win if attorneys worth their salt are involved.