No landowner may be held liable for any injury sustained by any person operating a snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle, as defined in section 14-379, motorcycle or minibike or minicycle, as defined in section 14-1, upon the landowner's property or by any passenger in the snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle or motorcycle, minibike or minicycle, whether or not the landowner had given permission, written or oral, for the operation upon his land unless the landowner charged a fee for the operation, or unless the injury is caused by the wilful or malicious conduct of the landowner.
(1971, P.A. 440, S. 1; P.A. 73-67, S. 1, 2; 73-676, S. 2; P.A. 82-160, S. 230.)
History: P.A. 73-67 exempted landowners from liability for injuries sustained in operation of all-terrain vehicles or motorcycles; P.A. 73-676 extended exemption to cover injuries sustained in operating minibikes and minicycles; P.A. 82-160 made minor changes in wording.
Statute held constitutional. 194 C. 129. Cited. 238 C. 653; Id., 687.
City held to be a “landowner” within the ambit of statute. 7 CA 164. Cited. 10 CA 86; 24 CA 592; 39 CA 280.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 925 - Statutory Rights of Action and Defenses
Section 52-555. - Actions for injuries resulting in death.
Section 52-556. - Actions for injuries caused by motor vehicles owned by the state.
Section 52-557. - Injury to children being transported to school.
Section 52-557a. - Standard of care owed social invitee.
Section 52-557c. - Standard of care applicable to owners and operators of school buses.
Section 52-557d. - Defense of charitable immunity abolished.
Section 52-557f. - Landowner liability for recreational use of land. Definitions.
Section 52-557g. - Liability of owner of land available to public for recreation; exceptions.
Section 52-557h. - Owner liable, when.
Section 52-557i. - Obligation of user of land.
Section 52-557o. - Liability of land surveyors.
Section 52-557s. - Liability of owner or keeper of horse, pony, donkey or mule.
Section 52-558. - Liability for placing obstructions in highway.
Section 52-559. - Damage for spreading fire.
Section 52-560. - Damages for cutting trees, timber or shrubbery. Exclusion.
Section 52-561. - Trespass to lands without color of right.
Section 52-561a. - Damage by domestic fowls.
Section 52-562. - Liability for fraud in contracting debt; concealing property.
Section 52-563. - Liability for waste by tenant for life or years.
Section 52-564. - Treble damages for theft.
Section 52-564a. - Liability for shoplifting.
Section 52-565. - Double damages for forgery.
Section 52-566. - Treble damages for wilful removal or destruction of bridge.
Section 52-567. - Treble damages for injury to milestone, guidepost or railing.
Section 52-568. - Damages for groundless or vexatious suit or defense.
Section 52-569. - Damages for leaving open bars, gate or fence.
Section 52-570. - Action for malicious erection of structure.
Section 52-570a. (Formerly Sec. 52-202). - Action against fiduciary.
Section 52-570b. - Action for computer-related offenses.
Section 52-570d. - Action for illegal recording of private telephonic communications.
Section 52-571a. - Action for deprivation of equal rights and privileges.
Section 52-571c. - Action for damages resulting from intimidation based on bigotry or bias.
Section 52-571e. - Action for damages resulting from actions of agent of surety on a bond.
Section 52-571f. - Strict liability of person who illegally transfers a firearm.
Section 52-571g. - Strict liability of person who fails to securely store a firearm.
Section 52-571h. - Action for damages resulting from identity theft.
Section 52-571i. - Action for damages resulting from trafficking in persons.
Section 52-572. - Parental liability for torts of minors.
Section 52-572a. - Release by injured person voidable if obtained within fifteen days.
Section 52-572b. - Alienation of affections and breach of promise actions abolished.
Section 52-572c. - Parent-child immunity abrogated in certain negligence actions.
Section 52-572e. - Release of joint tortfeasor.
Section 52-572f. - Criminal conversation action abolished.
Section 52-572i. - Application of the family car doctrine.
Section 52-572j. - Derivative actions by shareholders or members.
Section 52-572k. - Hold harmless clause against public policy in certain construction contracts.
Section 52-572m. - Product liability actions. Definitions.
Section 52-572n. - Product liability claims.
Section 52-572o. - Comparative responsibility. Award of damages. Action for contribution.
Section 52-572p. - Limitation of liability of product seller.
Section 52-572q. - Liability of product seller due to lack of adequate warnings or instructions.
Section 52-572r. - Product liability claims against third parties.