Hunting Lease Insurance
With the litigious society that we live in these days, Hunting Lease Insurance has become a staple for most fee hunting operations. Landowners realize that they must protect themselves from suit whether it be a legitimate case or a frivolous one. All 50 states have adopted a “recreational user” statute that limits the landowners liability when the property is used for recreational purposes and no fee or other benefit is received. The purpose of this law is to encourage landowners to open their property for public recreation thus reducing the states expenses of providing public land for such purposes.
When landowners offer hunting leases and accept a fee (or any other benefit) for hunting on their property, they take on legal responsibility for the safety of the hunters. The paying hunter becomes an “invitee” and the law states that landowners have a “duty of ordinary and reasonable care” to their invitees. The landowners responsibilities change considerably according to the legal status of the visitor. The courts recognize three classifications of visitors on the property of the owner. They are trespassers, licensees and invitees.
An owners only obligation to a trespasser is to use due care to avoid injuring the trespasser if his presence is known. A landowner is exposed to little, if any, successful action against him should an accident befall a trespasser. The owner is only obligated to protect the trespasser from intentional injury. A licensee is one who enters the property with the owners permission but there is no economic benefit to the landowner. The landowner has no obligation to make the premises safe for the licensee, but must warn of known dangers. When a landowner establishes a fee for some activity on his premises, it places the patron into the classification of invitee. Landowner responsibilities increase when a charge for land use is involved. Legally, invitees are owed the highest level of care to prevent injury. A landowner is liable in a court of law for injuries resulting from failure to provide reasonable safety to the invitee. He will not, however, be liable if he adequately warns the invitee of a known danger, or if the dangerous conditions causing injury are such that a reasonable inspection of the premises by the landowner would not have revealed the danger.
Nobody can predict how someone will react when put under extreme stress. Lots of folks say, Bob would never sue me so I dont need liability insurance. It might not be Bob that sues you, instead Bobs wife now that she has no working husband to support her shopping habits, or your neighbor that Bob accidently shot. Hunting Lease Insurance is inexpensive peace of mind so give it consideration when you sign your next hunting lease agreement.
For more information regarding Hunting Lease Insurance, please visit Huntinglease.org
Ron Sholes, Law Offices of Ronald Sholes, www.youhurtwefight.com – (904) 342-6721. Florida Car Accident Law FAQs thelaw.tv Disclaimer: thelaw.tv
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Question by higs59569: How will a lease effect my car insurance?
Im not looking for opinions. I need FACTS about what my insurance coverage will need to be if i lease a truck. Thank you!
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Answer by bmwdriver11
LOL. Nobody can give you facts, without knowing what leasing company you will be using. Each company has its own requirements as to what limits you must carry. Call the leasing company you plan to use and ask them what limits they require on leased vehicles. They’ll be more than happy to tell you.
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On a leased vehicle, the agreement tells you what MINIMUM coverage is required by the leasing company. You will absolutely need collision/upset and comprehensive, and they will tell you what maximum deductible is, usually $ 1,000. They will tell you the minimum liability coverage. In Canada, it is usually $ 1,000,000, sometimes $ 2,000,000. In the US, it could be less, but it will be spelled out exactly, word for word, in the lease agreement. Whatever coverage is required, you are better off if you carry lower deductible and higher liability.
You want facts? You have the paperwork that tells you the facts, we don’t. However, if you want to e-mail me all the wordings, I will happily interpret them for you.
You will be required to carry Comprehensive and Collision coverage, commonly referred to as “full coverage”. Most companies allow a deductible as high $ 1,000, however I have seen a few that require $ 500 or lower. Read the lease agreement to find out for sure what is required.