Attractive Nuisance

The attractive nuisance doctrine states that a landowner may be held liable for injuries to children trespassing on the land if the injury is caused by an object on the land that is likely to attract children. The doctrine is designed to protect children who are unable to appreciate the risk posed by the object by imposing a liability on the landowner.” Now, it’s vaguely insulting to compare adult professionals doing adult professional things to to children seduced by an unfenced swimming pool, but it’s just a fact that the brain loves taking shortcuts that influence our judgments in ways not under our conscious control. Your Brain Is Not on Your Side