Andrushchenko v. Silchuk
South Dakota Supreme Court
744 N.W.2d 850 (2008)
Relevant factsFree
While visiting the Silchuks' (defendants) home, the Andrushchenkos' (plaintiffs) three-year-old son was left to play upstairs unsupervised after his mother declined to relinquish her own supervisory responsibility, and he was severely burned after climbing into a scalding-hot whirlpool tub set above code by the plumbing installer; the trial court granted summary judgment to the Silchuks.
IssueFree
Whether the duty of care that landowners owe social guests, as licensees, is only to warn of known, concealed, dangerous conditions.
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