walking the dogs

[warhammer]

Do you know if Texas has this law?

Warhammer

Check your state laws. I don't know the specifics, but some states have laws that protect the landowner from those he allows to use his land for free. The key here is that there is no money or value traded in the exchange for the use of the land.

If a friend or family member is on your land and gets hurt, they cannot sue you.

Check into this, if this law exists in your state, you can inform your neighbor of this, which should go a long way to ease his fears of being sued for his kindness.

It's if very rare that a friend or family member actually sues the land owner, but instead it is their insurance company. If you got hurt, say twisted your ankle, and broke bones requiring surgery, who would pay for this? If you say that your insurance will cover you on this, do you know for a fact that they won't go after the owner of the land?

Eddie

 

[LBrown59]

Check your state laws. I don't know the specifics, but some states have laws that protect the landowner from those he allows to use his land for free. The key here is that there is no money or value traded in the exchange for the use of the land.

*If a friend or family member is on your land and gets hurt, they cannot sue you.

Check into this, if this law exists in your state, you can inform your neighbor of this, which should go a long way to ease his fears of being sued for his kindness.

It's if very rare that a friend or family member actually sues the land owner, but instead it is their insurance company. If you got hurt, say twisted your ankle, and broke bones requiring surgery, who would pay for this? If you say that your insurance will cover you on this, do you know for a fact that they won't go after the owner of the land?

Eddie

*But a stranger trespasser can.
Something's wrong when they have more right than the law abiding.

 

[EddieWalker]

Do you know if Texas has this law?

Warhammer

I believe we do, but I don't know it specifically to cite it. From what I understand, or remember reading about it, the law is from allowing people to hunt on your land for free, compared to leasing out the hunting rites to your land.

I don't have a clue where to look for state laws, but it's come up here before on other threads over the years. Might be worth a few hours time doing some searches for it?

Eddie

 

[radioman]

All good answers, and I can't blame the landowner, but it's very sad. When I was a kid of 11 to 15 years old, I hunted squirrels, rabbits, and birds on both our place and the neighbor's, with their permission of course. There was never anything in writing. And I guess everyone knew that if I had gotten hurt on his land, that would have been my problem, not his. .

I agree here - growing up, with all the farmland around us, we could explore with permissions and if I got hurt, it was my fault, not landowner. Its too bad in the sue happy world and with such a very fast paced,demanding world - liability has become an issue. I honestly think this sucks. Too many bad apples and people with lack of common sense.