Zip Line Danger

<span style="font-weight: 400;">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 <strong><a href="http://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/zip-line.pdf">ruled</a></strong>. The zip line was not defective, the danger was “open and obvious,” and the child’s father was supervising him when he fell.</span>

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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