Kate Harper.
(The following information was provided by Katalinas Communications.)
Catherine M. (Kate) Harper, a partner at Timoney Knox, LLP since 1997, recently presented a seminar at the annual WeConservePa.org conference on recent amendments to the Pennsylvania Recreational Use of Land and Water Act. The law provides certain immunities from lawsuits to those who allow their land to be used without charge for recreation.
Harper, a former state legislator and lawyer who focuses her practice on land use, particularly municipal, conservation and zoning law, explained that the law was amended in 2018 to add certain recreational structures, like boat ramps, paved trails, and hunting blinds to the immunities. The Recreational Use of Land and Water Act was passed to encourage landowners to make their open spaces available for recreational use by limiting the liability of the landowner to someone who files a lawsuit based on an injury while using the land for recreation. The law has been found by the courts to apply to public parks and playgrounds as well as private land.
WeConservePa.org, formerly the Pennsylvania Land Trust Association, is made up of more than 70 land trusts, conservancies and conservation organizations involved in the protection of land, nature, and open spaces. The organization acquires land or conservation easements for conservation purposes, provide stewardship of land or conservation easements and works to advance the cause of land and water conservation.
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Timoney Knox is a full-service law firm based in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, with extensive expertise in wills and estates, business, and students' rights. The firm’s litigation practice features a team of highly experienced trial lawyers with a proven track record of success. Since the firm was founded in 1921, it has maintained an enduring tradition of commitment to intellectual and professional excellence, unsurpassed integrity in the practice of law, and superior client service in Montgomery County, Bucks County and Philadelphia County.
