Open and Obvious Doctrine: S.B. 13 (2015)

November 22nd, 2016

West Virginia

Reinstates the open and obvious doctrine. Limits civil liability of a possessor of real property for injuries caused by open and obvious hazards and reinstates and codifies open and obvious doctrine of common law as it existed prior to judicial abolition.

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