Legal Opinion · Dissent

S.W. ex rel. Wacker v. Towers Boat Club, Inc.

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided December 23, 2013No. Supreme Court Case No. 12SC391Published

1DissentJustice Marquez

€29 I agree with the majority that this case turns on the interplay between Colorado's premises liability statute, section 13-21-115, C.R.S. (2013), and the common law doe-trine of attractive nuisance. Maj. op. ¶ 9. Section 13-21-115(2) provides that the premises liability statute "shall not be construed to abrogate the doctrine of attractive nuisance as applied to persons under fourteen years of age." Thus, whether S.W., a child licensee, may bring a claim for attractive nuisance turns on whether that common law doctrine applied to child licensees. The majority holds that the common law…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Railroad Co. v. StoutSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
  2. United Zinc & Chemical Co. v. BrittSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
  3. Mile High Fence Co. v. RadovichSupreme Court of Colorado · 1971
  4. Kefee v. Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1875
  5. Gallegos v. PhippsSupreme Court of Colorado · 1989

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