LE 211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Statutory Interpretation, Snowmobile
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The issue is whether our client harkness park is immune from liability after a tree fell on. Tom callery"s head while he was leaving a private concert, that was sponsored by a local radio station and hosted by our client. In new hampshire legislators have enacted a statute that encourages private landowners to make their land available for the public by limiting their liability. The language of this statute is to be construed narrowly, since it is being derogated from common law. There is no likelihood that our client harkness park will be immune from liability. N. h. courts has defined any person as a member of the general public estate of gordon- Additionally the courts decided that a social guest invited onto premises would not be considered any person. id. In estate of gordon-couture, the landowner claimed that the use of any person should be interpreted broadly in terms of a private guest.
