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((short description|Law covering dangerous property))
((For|the Loud Family album|Attractive Nuisance (album)))
((more citations needed|date=May 2012))
[[File:2016 26 November, Swimming pool area, Abandoned Ocean Ville apartment Hotel, Albufeira.JPG|thumb|An abandoned swimming pool may be considered an attractive nuisance]]
((Tort law))
The '''attractive nuisance doctrine''' applies to the [[law]] of [[torts]] in some [[jurisdiction]]s. It states that a [[Land tenure|landowner]] may be held [[liable]] for [[Injury|injuries]] to [[children]] [[trespass]]ing on the land if the injury is caused by an object on the land that is likely to attract children.<ref name="CottenWolohan2003"/>  The doctrine is designed to protect children who are unable to appreciate the risk posed by the object, by imposing a liability on the landowner.<ref name="CottenWolohan2003">((cite book|last1=Cotten|first1=Doyice|last2=Wolohan|first2=John T.|title=Law for Recreation and Sport Managers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YO80DTGw1MEC&pg=PA208|access-date=9 November 2014|year=2003|publisher=Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company|isbn=9780787299682|pages=208–))</ref> The doctrine has been applied to hold landowners liable for injuries caused by [[abandoned car]]s, piles of [[lumber]] or [[sand]], [[trampoline]]s, and [[swimming pool]]s. However, it can be applied to virtually anything on the property.

There is no set cutoff point that defines youth. The courts will evaluate each "child" on a case-by-case basis to see if the "child" qualifies as a youth. If it is determined that the child was able to understand and appreciate the hazard, the doctrine of attractive nuisance will not likely apply.<ref>''Holland V. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co.'' 431 A.2d 597 (D.C. 1981).</ref>

Under the old [[common law]], the [[plaintiff]] (either the child, or a parent suing on the child's behalf) had to show that it was the hazardous condition itself which lured the child onto the landowner's property. However, most jurisdictions have statutorily altered this condition, and now require only that the injury was foreseeable by the landowner.

==History==
The attractive nuisance doctrine emerged from [[case law]] in England, starting with ''[[Lynch v. Nurdin]]'' in 1841. In that case, an opinion by [[Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales|Lord Chief Justice]] [[Thomas Denman, 1st Baron Denman|Thomas Denman]] held that the owner of a cart left unattended on the street could be held liable for injuries to a child who climbed onto the cart and fell.<ref>((cite journal |title=The Attractive Nuisance Doctrine with Emphasis Upon Its Application in Wisconsin |first=Louis B. |last=Aderman |journal=Marquette Law Review |date=April 1937 |volume=21 |issue=3 |page=116 |url=https://scholarship.law.marquette.edu/mulr/vol21/iss3/2/))</ref> The doctrine was first applied in the United States in ''[[Sioux City & Pacific Railroad Co. v. Stout]]'', an 1873 case from [[Nebraska]] in which a railroad company was held liable for injuries to a child who climbed onto an unsecured [[railway turntable]].<ref>((cite journal |title=Elements of Attractive Nuisance |first=Robert F. |last=Bolden |journal=Marquette Law Review |date=Winter 1950–1951 |volume=34 |issue=3 |page=197 |url=https://scholarship.law.marquette.edu/mulr/vol34/iss3/4/))</ref> The term "attractive nuisance" was first used in 1875 in ''Keffe v. Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.'', a [[Minnesota]] case.<ref>((cite journal |title=The Restatement's Attractive Nuisance Doctrine: An Attractive Alternative for Ohio |first=David A. |last=Gurwin |journal=Ohio State Law Journal |date=1985 |volume=46 |issue=1 |page=138 |url=https://kb.osu.edu/bitstream/handle/1811/64253/OSLJ_V46N1_0135.pdf?sequence=1))</ref> The doctrine has since been adopted in some other common law jurisdictions, such as [[Canada]],<ref>((cite journal |title=Duties to Trespassers: A Comparative Survey and Revaluation |first=Graham |last=Hughes |journal=Yale Law Journal |date=March 1959 |volume=68 |issue=4 |url=https://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=8701&context=ylj |page=664|doi=10.2307/794397 |jstor=794397 ))</ref> but not universally.

==Conditions==
According to the ''[[Restatement of Torts]]'' standard, which is followed in many jurisdictions in the United States, there are five conditions that must be met for a [[Property|land owner]] to be liable for tort damages to a child trespasser as a result of '''artificial''' hazards. 
 
*The place where the condition exists is one on which the possessor knows or has reason to know that children are likely to trespass, and
*The condition is one of which the possessor knows or has reason to know and which he realizes or should realize will involve an unreasonable risk of death or serious [[bodily harm]] to such children,
*The children, because of their youth, do not discover the condition or realize the risk involved in inter-meddling with it or in coming within the area made dangerous by it,
*The utility to the possessor of maintaining the condition and the burden of eliminating the danger are slight as compared with the risk to children involved, and
*The possessor fails to exercise [[Duty of care|reasonable care]] to eliminate the danger or otherwise to protect the children.

(See Restatement of Torts § 339).

==Jurisdictions==
US states that use the Restatement test include:

*[[Alabama]]: adopted in the 1976 case ''Tolbert v. Gulsby'', 333 So. 2d 129 (Ala. 1976)<ref>((Cite web |url=https://www.casemine.com/judgement/us/5914c615add7b049347d8bf5 |title=Tolbert v. Gulsby |website=Casemine |access-date=2022-03-02))</ref>
*[[Arizona]]: &nbsp;&ndash; see case: ''Spur Feeding Co. v. Fernandez'', 106 Ariz. 143, 472 P.2d 12 (Ariz. 1970)<ref>((Cite web |url=https://cite.case.law/ariz/106/143/ |title=Spur Feeding Co. v. Fernandez |website=Caselaw Access Project |access-date=2022-04-04))</ref>
*[[Kentucky]]: &nbsp;&ndash; see case: ''Louisville N. R. Co. v. Vaughn'', 166 S.W.2d 43, 292 Ky. 120 (Ky. 1942)<ref>((Cite web |url=https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/3442718/louisville-n-r-co-v-vaughn/ |title=Louisville N. R. Co. v. Vaughn |website=Court Listener |access-date=2022-04-04))</ref>
*[[Minnesota]]: adopted in the 1935 case ''Gimmestad v. Rose Brothers Co.'', 261 N.W. 194, 194 Minn. 531 (Minn. 1935)<ref>((Cite web |url=https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/3534611/gimmestad-v-rose-brothers-co-inc/? |title=Gimmestad v. Rose Brothers Co. Inc. |website=Court Listener |access-date=2022-03-02))</ref> see also ''Johnson v. Clement F. Sculley Construction Co.'', 95 N.W.2d 409 (Minn. 1959)<ref>((Cite web |url=https://casetext.com/case/johnson-v-clement-f-sculley-construction-co |title=Johnson v. Clement F. Sculley Construction Co. |website=Casetext |access-date=2022-03-02))</ref>
*[[Missouri]] &nbsp;&ndash; see case: ''Anderson v. Cahill'', 485 S.W.2d 76 (Mo. 1972)<ref>((Cite web |url=https://cite.case.law/sw2d/485/76/ |title=Anderson ex rel. Anderson v. Cahill |website=Caselaw Access Project |access-date=2022-03-02))</ref>
*[[New Jersey]] &nbsp;&ndash; see case: ''Simmel v. New Jersey Coop Co.,'', 143 A.2d 521, 28 N.J. 1 (N.J. 1958)<ref>((Cite web |url=https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1503986/simmel-v-nj-coop-co/? |title=Simmel v. NJ Coop Co. |website=Court Listener |access-date=2022-03-02))</ref>
*[[New Mexico]]: adopted in the 1998 case ''Carmona v. Hagerman Irrigation Co.'', 957 P.2d 44 (N.M. 1998)<ref>((Cite web |url=https://caselaw.findlaw.com/nm-supreme-court/1189497.html |title=Carmona v. Hagerman Irrigation Co. |website=FindLaw |access-date=2022-07-28))</ref>
*[[North Carolina]] &nbsp;&ndash; see case: ''Dean v. Wilson Construction Co.,'', 111 S.E.2d 827, 251 N.C. 581 (N.C. 1960)<ref>((Cite web |url=https://www.leagle.com/decision/1960938111se2d8271884 |title=Dean v. Wilson Construction Company |website=Leagle |access-date=2022-03-23))</ref>
*[[Ohio]]&nbsp;&ndash; see case: ''Bennett v. Stanley'', 92 Ohio St.3d 35 (2001)<ref>[https://www.sconet.state.oh.us/rod/docs/pdf/0/2001/2001-ohio-128.pdf Text of opinion from Ohio Supreme Court's web site]</ref>
*[[Pennsylvania]]: adopted in the 1942 case ''Thompson v. Reading Co.'', 343 Pa. 585, 23 A.2d 729 (Pa. 1942)<ref>((Cite web |url=https://www.casemine.com/judgement/us/5914cbafadd7b049348046f4 |title=Thompson v. Reading Co. |website=Casemine |access-date=2022-03-02))</ref>
*[[South Carolina]] &nbsp;&ndash; see case: ''Henson v. International Paper Co.'', 650 S.E.2d 74 (S.C. 2007)<ref>((Cite web |url=https://casetext.com/case/henson-v-int-paper |title=Henson v. Int. Paper |website=Casetext |access-date=2022-03-01))</ref>
*[[Utah]]&nbsp;&ndash; see case: ''Pullan v. Steinmetz'', 16 P.3d 1245 (2000)<ref>[http://www.utcourts.gov/opinions/supopin/pullan.htm Text of opinion from Utah Supreme Court's web site]</ref>
*[[Tennessee]]: adopted in the 1976 case ''Metropolitan Government of Nashville v. Counts'', 541 S.W.2d 133 (Tenn. 1976)<ref>((Cite web |url=https://law.justia.com/cases/tennessee/supreme-court/1976/541-s-w-2d-133-2.html |title=Metropolitan Government of Nashville v. Counts |website=Justia |access-date=2022-04-04))</ref>
*[[Texas]] &nbsp;&ndash; see case: ''Texas Utilities Electric Co. v. Timmons'', 947 S.W.2d 191 (Tex. 1997)<ref name="TX-Timmonscase">((cite web |title=Texas Utilities Elec. Co. v. Timmons, 947 SW 2d 191 - Tex: Supreme Court 1997 |url=https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=9333308095994815771&q=Texas+Utilities+Electric+Co.+v.+Timmons,+947+S.W.2d+191&hl=en&as_sdt=6,44&as_vis=1 |website=Google Scholar |publisher=Supreme Court of Texas |access-date=15 December 2020))</ref>
*[[Wyoming]]&nbsp;&ndash; see case: ''Thunder Hawk By and Through Jensen v. Union Pacific R. Co'', 1995 WY 32, 891 P.2d 773 (Wyo. 1995)<ref>((Cite web |url=http://wyomcases.courts.state.wy.us/applications/oscn/DeliverDocument.asp?CiteID=123304 |title=Text of opinion from Wyoming State Law Library |access-date=2009-10-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041213151039/http://wyomcases.courts.state.wy.us/applications/oscn/DeliverDocument.asp?citeID=123304 |archive-date=2004-12-13 |url-status=dead ))</ref>

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