Cengage Advantage Books: Foundations of the Legal Environment of Business 3rd Edition by Marianne Jennings

Exercise 20

Kevin and Paula Grant checked into Wakeda family campground at 8:00 p.m. on August 20, 2004. They had camped at Wakeda Campground several times before and the campground was advertised as "camping in the pines." They set up their "pop-up" camper, and as they were preparing for bed at 9:00 p.m., a severe thunderstorm with extremely high winds moved through the campground without warning. The rain was a downpour with hail and the high winds snapped trees, tree tops, and branches. A large portion of a pine tree crashed into the Grants' camper, injuring them and pinning them down. The Grants filed suit against Wakeda for its failure to warn them about the severe weather that came through.
Discuss whether Wakeda breached a duty to warn the Grants about weather. Would Wakeda have any defenses? [ Grant v. Wakeda Campground, LLC , 631 F. Supp. 2d 120 (D.N.H. 2009).]