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In most places in the US, someone who is on your property without invitation and without otherwise being permitted by law (police, fire, mail carriers, delivery people) or prior agreement (condo personnel, lawn care, etc.) has no standing to sue for injuries received on your property.

The vast majority of "I slipped on your sidewalk" type lawsuits are

*illegal* nuisance suits that *should* result in judicial fines for the person who sues and for their lawyer (if any) who should have known better than to file the suit in the first place.

Unfortunately you need a judge willing to sanction the nuisance (and most are not). The majority of nuisance suits are dismissed without prejudice, which means that the people who file them have no record and so are free to do it again.

George

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George Neuner
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We have a neighbor who is a bigot, "old farte", racist, etc. (well, of course *he* doesn't think so -- but, of all the neighbors, he is the only one who "doesn't think so". Go figure...).

Decades ago, he recounted how he found flourescent lamps (tubes) in his swimming pool and large (fist sized) stones lying on the bottom of the pool. I.e., obviously, someone tossed the lamps over the fence along the side of his yard targeting the pool; then tried to shatter them with the stones. Locating shards of broken glass in your must be a difficult task (drain the pool?).

It never occurred to him to wonder why this happend to *his* pool and none of the others in the neighborhood... I'm sure whatever provoked the incident (i.e., some aspect of his behavior) wasn't something that

*he* would have considered "objectionable", "insulting", "provactive", etc.

I don't think any came through the neighborhood, this year. Typically see them camped out in front of department stores, etc.

Rarely *see* them, here. Though hear them make a kill every couple of nights, nearby. No doubt wandering the washes through the area. No idea what C has seen hiking. At least, no tales of mountain lion encounters, recently! (though ecstatic to finally get a chance to see the baby heffalump at the zoo)

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Don Y

Ha! Wouldn't be effective, here. (else I imagine everyone would have one!)

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Don Y

That simply not true, at least in practice. "Attractive nuisance" is a broad class that certainly does give one standing. Hell, people breaking into stores have sued because they were injured falling through ceiling tiles. ...and then there are the suits against land owners for traps.

Oh, good grief. They are *NOT* in any way illegal. You may wish they were but you lose.

You just contradicted what you said above.

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krw

I want the one that says "We do *NOT* call 911".

Reply to
krw

Maybe this one?

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Spehro Pefhany

Yes, exactly. Homeowners with antenna towers must take measures to prevent anyone from trying to climb them.

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John S

Saw one at a gun show today that said something like, "My favorite things are God and Guns. Do you want to meet both?"

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krw

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