Trespasser Liability Reform: SB 202 (2012)

Ohio

Codifies existing law by providing that landowners immunity from liability for injuries to trespassers. Establishes that a possessor of land does not owe a duty of care to a trespasser, except for cases when the land possessor knows of the trespasser’s presence, maintains certain types of artificial conditions on the premise, or in certain instances involving child trespassers.

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