Conn. Civ. Jury Instr. 3.9-2

A trespasser is a person who enters or remains upon land in the possession of another without a

privilege to do so.

A possessor of land owes no duty to safeguard from harm a person who comes upon the land as a

trespasser. The possessor has a right to assume that no one will trespass upon the land. The

possessor has no duty to keep the land reasonably safe for any adult trespasser. Rather, there is

only a duty to refrain from intentional, willful, wanton or reckless conduct that causes injury to

the trespasser.

If a possessor of land has knowledge that trespassers constantly intrude upon a limited area of the

land, the possessor of land is liable for an artificial condition that caused injury to the trespasser

on that part of the land if all of the following are met:

1. the condition is one that the possessor has created or maintains, and

2. the condition is one that, to the possessor’s knowledge, is likely to cause death

or serious bodily harm to such trespassers, and

3. the condition is of such a nature that the possessor has reason to believe that

such trespassers will not discover it, and

4. the possessor has failed to use reasonable care to warn such trespassers of

the artificial condition and the risk involved.