Bjork v. City of Tacoma

Citations

• 76 Wash. 225
• 135 P. 1005
• 1913 Wash. LEXIS 1805

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Dangerous Premises — Things Attractive to Children — Liability. Liability for injuries to a child, enticed to premises by things negligently maintained attractive to children, is not restricted to injuries that were wanton or due to recklessly careless conduct.</p> <p>Same — Negligence—Question for Jury. It is for the jury to determine whether a twenty-four inch opening in a flume, exposing a constantly flowing stream of water eighteen inches deep, in an unfenced right of way contiguous to a public street and permitted to be used as a playground for children, was a thing of such location and character as to be attractive to small children, so that danger therefrom should have been reasonably anticipated and guarded against by the city.</p>