attractive nuisance
Hazardous child magnet
An attractive nuisance is something on private property that draws children and poses danger to them—an unfenced swimming pool, an abandoned refrigerator, construction equipment.
Property owners have legal duty to protect children from such hazards, even if the children are trespassing.
The doctrine recognizes that children cannot be expected to appreciate risks the way adults can.
- poolCollective fund or basin
- dangerExposure to harm
- hazardSource of potential harm
- minorsThose below legal age
- enticementSomething that attracts
abandoned buildings · siren song · pond · construction site · junk car · trampoline · foreseeability · negligence · allurement · duty of care · childproofing · broken fence · risk · construction defects · property maintenance · swimming pool · deep end · lure
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