Question

A boy was playing softball in a neighborhood park when a ball was hit over the fence and into a neighbor's yard. The boy knocked on the neighbor's door and obtained permission from her to retrieve the ball from her yard. As he bent to retrieve the ball in some bushes, the boy brushed against an exposed electric wire that was partially hidden by the bushes and received a severe electric shock and burns. The neighbor had failed to maintain the bushes, allowing them to become overgrown, and was not aware of the exposed wire. If the boy sues the neighbor in a jurisdiction that applies the traditional rules for landowners and possessors of land, what is the likely result

Answer 1

Answer: The neighbor is not liable because she did not know of the condition of the wire

Explanation:

Based on the information given, the likely result will be that the neighbor is not liable because she did not know of the condition of the wire.

The boy in this case is a licensee and he went into the yard I his neufhyfir his won purpose and not for the purpose of the neighbor. In this case, even the neighbor isn't aware of the defect, therefore wasn't aware of the risk.