News - Monthly Archives: May 2015
Come Out and Play: West Virginia Statute Limits Landowner Liability for Injuries on Land Used for Recreational Purposes
West Virginia is home to beautiful and wondrous open spaces, where people from all over come to enjoy the state’s parks, rivers, streams, and mountains. Vast open space is dwindling. The West Virginia legislature, in recognizing that it must protect its natural resources, passed a statute protecting landowners who open their land for recreation use to the public as well as to military training. Landowner Protections West Virginia Code, chapter 19, article 25 is entitled …