Enriquez v. Cochran and Boy Scouts of America, 126 N.M. 196 (Ct. App. 1998).

Rather than hire professionals to do dangerous work, the Boy Scouts of America asked volunteers, with no logging experience, to cut down a 60 foot tree. A wonderful father and husband was severely brain damaged when the top 20 feet of the tree fell backward into what he had mistakenly believed was the "safe zone." After a verdict in favor of Mr. Enriquez, the New Mexico Court of Appeals held that organizations which ask people to engage in inherently dangerous activities like cutting down large, dead trees, are responsible for making sure it is done safely and providing appropriate safety equipment.

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