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Test Your Knowledge of Landowner Liability
By Judon Fambrough

An invitee is someone on the premises with the landowner’s permission and for the landowner’s economic benefit (fee-paying hunters, for example).
True False
Under Texas common law, a landowner has a greater responsibility for the safety of a licensee than an invitee.
True False
A child accompanying an adult on the premises has the same legal classification as the adult.
True False
A trespassing child unaccompanied by an adult is viewed the same as any other trespasser and is owed no greater duty than is owed a trespassing adult.
True False
Waivers limit landowners’ liability if the agreement is worded, formatted and procured correctly.
True False
A waiver from a parent on behalf of a minor child is ineffective.
True False
In Texas, a hunting lease, sometimes called a deer lease, is like any other rental agreement between a landowner and tenant.
True False
A cornfield serves as an automatic “No Trespassing Sign.”
True False
A fence obviously designed to contain livestock serves as a “No Trespassing Sign.”
True False
A purple paint mark or stripe on a tree or rock serves as a “No Trespassing Sign.”
True False
A landowner owes a fee-paying recreational guest no greater duty than is owed a trespasser as long as the charges to all fee-paying recreational guests during the year do not exceed 20 times the ad valorem taxes on the property.
True False
If a landowner charges all recreational guests (invitees) during a year more than 20 times the amount of the ad valorem taxes on the property, the landowner owes the recreational guests the common law duty owed an invitee — without exception.
True False
Horseback riding is a recreational activity explicitly covered by Chapter 75 of the Texas Civil Remedies and Practices Code.
True False

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