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Limit the premises liability of the U.S. Forest Service and National Park system for injuries caused by nature

Created by R.S. on April 15, 2013

Recently an Idaho family filed a frivolous lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service complaining that a large dead tree fell and injured their young son during a camping trip. They claim that the U.S. Forest Service has the duty to inspect and make the woods "safe" for visitors, i.e. they want nature to be turned into a foam-rubber coated theme-park where Ranger Rick is constantly watching out for them. Idiocy, rather than common sense is the byproduct of ever-expanding tort liability and leads to endless numbers of wasteful lawsuits. What's next- declawing Mountain Lions? Clear-cutting the forest lest a tree injure someone? Sign my petition to limit the ability of people to sue the Forest Service for the inherent dangers of the wilderness.

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