Can a play at risk sign posted in a private park prevent someone from suing you if they get injured while playing at the park.
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Can a play at risk sign posted in a private park prevent someone from suing you if they get injured while playing at the park.
Private park and liability
Asked on November 26, 2016 under Personal Injury, Georgia
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
It provides some, but far from total, protection. Basically, it can help protect you from someone suing due to the normal kind of injuries that can occur from playing anywhere--e.g. being hit in the face by a ball, tripping while running spraining an ankle or breaking an arm, etc. But it does not protect you from lawsuits arising from harardous conditions that you allow to persist, such as if you had, say, gopher or other burrowing animal holes that you did not fill in and which caused a broken ankle, or a splintered bench which gauges someone, or a rickety swing or slide which injures persons, etc. No matter what, you need to prevent hazardous conditions, and are liable for them despite a sign like the one you describe.
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