Law Practice
Nov. 7, 2007
Suits Target Maintenance on Mountaintops
Can a national park be an attractive nuisance? Attorneys for injured and killed hikers will square off today with government lawyers before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to debate who's responsible when accidents happen.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - Can a national park be an attractive nuisance?
In Yosemite's treacherous splendor, 600 tons of granite split from Glacier Point and crushed college student Peter Terbush to death in 1999.
Four years later, Los Angeles hiker Brigid Makiri suffered major injuries when she slid off a steep...
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