Mink Islander hits the nail on the head with his previous post.
Let me add that Mr. V, if indeed an attorney, should take a moment and go back a read the referenced news source.
In particular, authorities are not blaming open water caused by a bubbler as the source of the accident. Rather the initial investigation revealed that the operator ended up in the water after colliding with and going over the jetty. The result of that collision coupled with the sled rolling over resulted in the victim being thrown into the adjacent water.
What Mr. V surmises could be equated to blaming a landowner for growing a tree in his front yard that is subsequently struck by a car that lost control out on an adjacent public way.
The fact is there are a number of variables still unknown here before any blame could even be considered. These would include the results of an autopsy that might indicate an unknown health problem or outside influences could have negatively affected the operator, a forensic examination of the snowmobile to see if mechanical conditions could have been a factor along with a technical examination of the accident scene to determine on site accident variables.
But to speculate that a lawsuit could be brought against the property owner without these variables being considered and determined is what is known in the trade as "ambulance chasing". And the last time I checked, "ambulance chasing" is a practice prohibited by the American Bar Association.
