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City attorney outlines recreational‑immunity limits after May drowning at River Life pier
Summary
City attorney briefed the Parks Committee on Wisconsin's recreational and governmental immunity after a May 11 drowning; while discretionary signage and equipment placement is generally protected, negligent maintenance or malicious failure to warn can create liability.
The City of Wausau’s city attorney briefed Parks and Recreation Committee members Sept. 2 on recreational and governmental immunity in the wake of a May 11 drowning at a River Life pier.
Attorney Jacobson said the city received multiple requests earlier this summer for safety equipment and signage and that the department provided a memo for the committee’s review. He said Wisconsin’s recreational‑immunity statute broadly shields municipalities that do not charge fees from duty‑to‑warn claims, though there…
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