Legal Opinion

Kopczynski Ex Rel. Palmer v. Bargers

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided June 4, 2008No. 88S05-0710-CV-423PublishedCited by 41 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BOEHM, Justice.

This case presents two issues of first impression. We hold that under some cir cumstances a minor’s invitation to enter the premises may bind the landowner for purposes of premises liability, and that a trampoline may constitute an attractive nuisance. In this case both issues turn on facts not appropriately resolved on summary judgment.

Facts and Procedural History

On January 30, 2002, twelve-year-old Alisha Palmer was at home after school with her brothers, Dylan, nine, and Michael, ten. Her mother, Beth Palmer Kopczynski, was still at work. Next door, six-year-old Bryan Barger…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Burrell v. MeadsIndiana Supreme Court · 1991
  2. Rhodes v. WrightIndiana Supreme Court · 2004
  3. Douglass v. IrvinIndiana Supreme Court · 1990
  4. Naugle v. Beech Grove City SchoolsIndiana Supreme Court · 2007
  5. Bryant v. AdamsCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1994

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3Cited by41 opinions

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