Alexander v. Medical Associates Clinic

TERNUS, Justice.

The plaintiff in this case, a trespasser on the defendant’s land, asks us to abolish the common law rule limiting the liability of a landowner for injuries to trespassers and replace it with a negligence standard. We decline to do so and therefore affirm the district court’s grant of summary judgment to the defendant landowner.

I.Background Facts and Proceedings.

The defendant/appellee, Medical Associates Clinic, P.C., owns land upon which its office building is located. The defendant’s property includes an undeveloped, open field that abuts a residential area. Unknown to the…