HILL V. NATIONAL GRID
11 A.3d 110 (2011)
NATURE OF THE CASE: Hill (P) appealed a summary judgment for Grid (D) in P's suit for
damages to their son while playing on D's vacant lot.
FACTS: P accompanied several friends to a grass-covered vacant lot for a game of touch
football. While he was running, he suddenly tripped over an unseen metal pole that was
protruding from the ground. P fell on the ground and struck a second metal pole, lacerating
his left thigh. P was bleeding profusely. P's mother, Rebecca, brought the boy to a local
emergency room, where he received treatment for the laceration. The wound eventually healed,
but a permanent scar remains. P sued D, a public utility. D asserted that it owed no duty
to P under the circumstances because he was a trespasser on its property. Ps pled the
attractive nuisance doctrine. The court granted D's motion for summary judgment in that P
failed to make any showing that D knew or had reason to know that children were trespassing.
P appealed.
ISSUE:
RULE OF LAW:
HOLDING AND DECISION:
LEGAL ANALYSIS:
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