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In personal injury suit filed by amusement park visitors who were injured in car accident on public road outside entrance to park, court granted amusement park owners' motion to strike entire complaint because owners had no duty to persons injured outside their property, and where there was no duty owed, there could be no liability.

The plaintiffs claim to have been injured as a consequence of a motor vehicle accident that occurred outside the entrance and parking lot of Six Flags New England. The defendants in this case are Riverside Park Enterprises, and Six Flags, Inc., the owners of the amusement park and parking lot. In the motion, the plaintiff specifically claim that defendants were negligent in their failure to employ the services of a traffic control officer to direct the flow of heavy traffic at the intersection where the accident allegedly occurred, as well as other steps to control the flow of traffic outside the amusement park. General law states that a business owner generally owes no duty to injured parties with respect to injuries occurring on adjacent public roads. Although a landowner or possessor must exercise reasonable care in the use of his land so as not to injure a traveler on the highway, he typically is not held to any duty with respect to public highways adjacent to or crossing his land. The court held in line with this law, because to rule otherwise would significantly expand the scope of a landowner’s duties with respect to adjacent public roads and would make the line with which to draw landowner liability nearly impossible.

At Maya Murphy, P.C., our personal injury attorneys are dedicated to achieving the best results for individuals and their family members and loved ones whose daily lives have been disrupted by injury, whether caused by a motor vehicle or pedestrian accident, a slip and fall, medical malpractice, a defective product, or otherwise. Our attorneys are not afraid to aggressively pursue and litigate cases and have extensive experience litigating personal injury matters in both state and federal courts, and always with regard to the unique circumstances of our client and the injury he or she has sustained.

Source: Terjek v. Riverside Park Enters., 2005 Conn. Super. LEXIS 375 (Conn. Super. February 3, 2005)