Case demonstrates the difficulty of proving negligence claims for injuries caused by “open and obvious” hazards unless concealed by a distraction such as darkness.
Competent adults who voluntarily expose themselves to a known risk have assumed that risk and cannot seek monetary damages for injuries due to that risk.
An Arizona court ruled that restrictions placed on a child molester by the terms of his probation were violated when the molester attended a church retreat and stayed in a tent with a 13-year-old child.