New Jersey Statutes 13:1B-15.141. Liability of owner, lessee or occupant
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 13:1B-15.141
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
a. An owner, lessee or occupant of land for which an access covenant has been entered into and who is participating in the program and thereby guarantees access pursuant to subsection c. of section 7 of this act does not thereby: (1) extend any assurance that the premises, including any natural or man-made conditions, are safe for these purposes; (2) constitute the person to whom access is guaranteed an invitee or licensee to whom a duty of care is owned; or (3) assume responsibility for, or incur liability for, any injury to person or property caused by any act of persons to whom access is guaranteed.
b. This section shall not limit the liability which would otherwise exist for willful or malicious failure to guard, or to warn against, a dangerous condition, use, structure or activity.
L.1983, c. 560, s. 9, eff. Jan. 17, 1984.