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Building a snowman on a fire hydrant is dangerous and stupid anyway. As far as building around a stump or similar on my property, someone who drove their vehicle onto my property with the intent to hit my snowman would have to prove that the snowman was a trap. That's a tough sell.
Plus, I needed the tree stump for support. I wasn't trying to make some kind of trap. What kind of psycho would think I planned for them to hit it?
I would take it to trial and countersue for damages to my lawn and property plus court costs.
You drove off of the street onto my lawn with the express purpose of destroying lawn decorations that I had built using this tree stump for support so I could make the snowman taller and more interesting. And now you want me to pay you for the damages that you caused to yourself?
Like the emotional whiplash has turned into real whiplash, and I need $50,000 to fix it
I no longer feel safe in my own home, since apparently I live near lunatics who drive up on the side walk. Money me now please.
If you're intentionally making an "attractive nuisance" (that's a term of art, look it up on Wikipedia or better yet I bet the Cornell law library probably has a good page on it if you want a better explanation than I can give) then it's a much easier sell
Eh, that looks to be specifically about protecting children trespassers. Like making sure a pool it child proof to avoid drowning. If a child drives into my stumpy snowman, there are probably gonna be some other questions.
If I put say, a knife in the snowman's hand, and a kid runs up and cuts themselves, then I think that attractive nuisance doctrine would be at play.