Zip Line Danger

A parent should have known that his six-year-old son risked falling and hurting himself if he let go while riding on a backyard zip line, the Massachusetts Appeals Court ruled. The zip line was not defective, the danger was “open and obvious,” and the child’s father was supervising him when he fell.

BOSTON – A parent should have known that his six-year-old son risked falling and hurting himself if he let go while riding on a backyard zip line, the Massachusetts Appeals Court ruled. The zip line was not defective, the danger was “open and obvious,” and the child’s father was supervising him when he fell.

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