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Oct 21, 2009 
10 Comments 
Bonus, Insurance, Lawn Mover, Manual Intervention, Personal Liability Insurance, Renters Insurance
Oct 21, 2009 10 Comments Bonus, Insurance, Lawn Mover, Manual Intervention, Personal Liability Insurance, Renters Insurance
10 Comments
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You are liable to be kicked in the **** for being dumb.
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If you stepped on my property and I shot you in the head do think Iam liable
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next time build it with motion sensors to automatically detect people or animals getting too close to it, auto shut off and restart when safe…?
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as long as you have a sign that says warning lawn equip…is unmaned…..I don’t see why you would.
P.S. I want a copy of the plans when you are done…..I’m painting my sign for my yard right now.
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Yes, you are liable, regardless of if someone was on your property legally or not.
No, your renter’s insurance would likely not cover it….or only cover up to a certain amount. You’d have to check your policy.
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Yes and Yes. Remember though, their are limits on the liability portion of your insurance policy. Anything over the limit you will have to pay.
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If a burglar jumps in your yard and your dog eats his *** you are liable.
Get a good lawyer…
Or try to prove that the man that came in to your yard made you fear for your life and you felt like a victim. Case closed.
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If the lawnmower was defective, you would be strictly liable under the Uniform Commercial Code.
Being a trespasser would not be a defense.
If the injured person were a child, you could also be liable on an attractive nuisance theory.
Renters insurance would exclude products liability from coverage. -
Well, you could say it was an Act of God, but you don’t qualify.
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Generally no duty of care to trespassers, unless they’re children. But the victim here could argue that it was a booby trap, especially because it runs without manual intervention.
I would say you would have to pay the victim’s medical bills. The insurance would either reimburse you to the limit of the policy, or opt to take it to court on your behalf. if they do that, they would have to pay whatever money is awarded. But the insurance co could argue they didn’t expect to cover the risk of automatic lawn mowers when they sold you the insurance. Then you would get to pay the whole thing.
