Tagle v. Jakob’s Empirical Analysis

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3 federal appellate · 6 state decisions

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1. “The photograph of the trees and wires taken from the backyard — stipulated by plaintiff at argument to be an accurate portrayal of the scene at the time of the accident — shows two electric wires running above the ground, entering the property, passing into the tree, leaving the tree, and then exiting the property. Any observer reasonably using his or her senses would see the wires and the tree though which the wires passed. It is unimaginable that an observer could see the wires entering and leaving the tree and not know that the wires passed through it. In short, there is nothing that [the property owner] knew, or should have known that was not readily obvious to the tenant.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 309 F. Supp. 2d 376 - Cardinal v. Long Island Power Authority