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Train kills 3 teen girls crossing Florida bridge
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<P mce_keep="true">[quote user="tbdanny"] <P>[quote user="tree68"]Sad to say, and subject to case law and Florida's application of the principle, lawyers may have some success with the <A title=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attractive_nuisance_doctrine href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attractive_nuisance_doctrine" target=_blank mce_href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attractive_nuisance_doctrine">attractive nuisance doctrine</A>.[/quote]</P> <P>While I see that conditions 1, 2 and 4 are met, and maybe 3, I think that the railroad has taken reasonable care to prevent trespassing. There's no walkway, so there's obviously no gate that needs to be locked - the only access onto the bridge is via the tracks themselves. There were 'no tresspassing' signs up. Short of putting a gate across the tracks (similar to some British transition-era private industry sidings), <FONT color=#ff0000 size=3>what else could they have done?<BR></FONT></P> <P>[/quote]<BR> </P> <P><FONT face=verdana,geneva>They could have placed decking and a railing on the unused second track structure.</FONT></P>
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