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September 2011 Special Session
2011 - 2012 LEGISLATURE
ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1,
TO ASSEMBLY BILL 22
October 25, 2011 - Offered by Representative Kuglitsch.
AB22-ASA1,1,2
1An Act to amend 895.52 (7); and
to create 895.529 of the statutes;
relating to:
2the duty of care owed to trespassers.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
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895.52
(7) No duty or liability created. Except as expressly provided in this
5section, nothing in this section
or, s. 101.11
, or s. 895.529 nor the common law
6attractive nuisance doctrine creates any duty of care or ground of liability toward any
7person who uses another's property for a recreational activity.
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9895.529 Civil liability limitation; duty of care owed to trespassers. (1) 10In this section:
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(a) "Possessor of real property" means an owner, lessee, tenant, or other lawful
12occupant of real property.
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1(b) "Trespasser" means a natural person who enters or remains upon property
2in possession of another without express or implied consent.
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3(2) Except as provided in sub. (3), a possessor of real property owes no duty of
4care to a trespasser.
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5(3) A possessor of real property may be liable for injury or death to a trespasser
6under the following circumstances:
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(a) The possessor of real property willfully, wantonly, or recklessly caused the
8injury or death. This paragraph does not apply if the possessor used reasonable and
9necessary force for the purpose of self-defense or the defense of others under s.
10939.48 or used reasonable and necessary force for the protection of property under
11s. 939.49.
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(b) The person injured or killed was a child and all of the following apply:
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1. The possessor of real property maintained, or allowed to exist, an artificial
14condition on the property that was inherently dangerous to children.
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2. The possessor of real property knew or should have known that children
16trespassed on the property.
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3. The possessor of real property knew or should have known that the artificial
18condition he or she maintained or allowed to exist was inherently dangerous to
19children and involved an unreasonable risk of serious bodily harm or death to
20children.
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4. The injured or killed child, because of his or her youth or tender age, did not
22discover the condition or realize the risk involved in entering onto the property, or
23in playing in close proximity to the inherently dangerous artificial condition.
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15. The possessor of real property could have reasonably provided safeguards
2that would have obviated the inherent danger without interfering with the purpose
3for which the artificial condition was maintained or allowed to exist.
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4(4) This section does not create or increase any liability on the part of a
5possessor of real property for circumstances not specified under this section and does
6not affect any immunity from or defenses to liability available to a possessor of real
7property under common law or another statute.
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(1)
This act first applies to actions that are filed on the effective date of this
10subsection.
