{"id":673,"date":"2016-04-21T08:02:47","date_gmt":"2016-04-21T13:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.illinoisinjurylawyerblog.net\/?p=673"},"modified":"2018-04-12T12:40:56","modified_gmt":"2018-04-12T17:40:56","slug":"county-fair-not-liable-womans-injuries-falls-rotten-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/county-fair-not-liable-womans-injuries-falls-rotten-board\/","title":{"rendered":"County Fair Not Liable for Woman\u2019s Injuries after She Falls Through Rotten Board"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No one expects to be injured while attending a fair. However, accidents can happen anywhere. And as one woman found out, sometimes the purpose of the event can be the determining factor in whether or not a person can receive compensation for their injuries.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/law.justia.com\/cases\/north-dakota\/supreme-court\/2016\/20150236.html\" target=\"_blank\">case<\/a>, a woman sued a county fair after injuring herself on a grandstand. The woman went to the fair to watch a fireworks show. After she arrived, she began looking for a seat in a grandstand to watch the fireworks. She stepped on a rotten board, fell through the stands, and suffered injuries. The woman sued the fair, alleging that the fair was negligent in maintaining the grandstand and that she was injured as a result. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendant. It found that the fair was protected from liability because it had \u201crecreational use\u201d immunity.<\/p>\n<p>While landowners generally owe guests a duty to maintain their premises, the state had a law that provided an exception for\u00a0certain landowners who used their land for recreational purposes. The exception did not apply to for-profit businesses that used their land for commercial purposes.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/county-fair-not-liable-womans-injuries-falls-rotten-board\/#more-673\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No one expects to be injured while attending a fair. However, accidents can happen anywhere. And as one woman found out, sometimes the purpose of the event can be the determining factor in whether or not a person can receive compensation for their injuries. 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