PineRidge
Super Member
A little over two weeks ago a guy I have known for a few years was fishing with a buddy in my pond. Somehow when he started to land one of our 10+ pound catfish he broke one of his fingers in the process. I really don't know how as I wasn't there with them when it actually happened. Fact is he didn't even think that the finger was broken until the knuckle disappeared from the finger in question. I guess the bone rotated after it broke.
I got a call this past Thursday from his buddy telling me that the bone was broken so badly that surgery needed to be performed and the bone had to be pinned to reattach. The hand will be in a cast and he will supposedly miss 6 weeks worth of work as a result of the injury.
I feel badly that this happened but had no control over the circumstances. I'm starting to wonder if I should be checking my mailbox expecting a lawsuit since this supposedly happened while fishing on my property? What do you all think, am I legally responsible here?
I got a call this past Thursday from his buddy telling me that the bone was broken so badly that surgery needed to be performed and the bone had to be pinned to reattach. The hand will be in a cast and he will supposedly miss 6 weeks worth of work as a result of the injury.
I feel badly that this happened but had no control over the circumstances. I'm starting to wonder if I should be checking my mailbox expecting a lawsuit since this supposedly happened while fishing on my property? What do you all think, am I legally responsible here?