Ambulance chaser?
Troll?
Hardly; just trying to think it through and promote some discussion on what seems to me to be an important issue.
Were bubblers in fact the benign devices some of you think they are, the legislature would not have imposed the duty to warn the public of their presence and operation.
The law seemss clear: if the legislature imposes a duty to warn, and that duty is violated and damage results, liability may typically adhere.
FWIW, the piercing light I suggested for future use would be facing the lake only, and not visible to the bubbler owner or others on his side of the lake: but folks on the ice would certainly be able to see it, which is the whole idea.
This is a tragedy, and I agree that all of the salient facts are not known, including the snowmobiler's health and state of sobriety at the time of the incident.
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