Walk It Through: The Fourth Of July
Fireworks from a stand, a city that bans them, a child who starts a fire, and a neighbor's broken fence.
A family buys fountains and ground spinners at a stand for the holiday.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One holiday in one family. Display fireworks, the criminal penalties, a fire on someone else's land and the parents' own negligence are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.
- Parental liabilityThe liability of the parents of an unemancipated minor for actual damages to person or property caused by a tort the child commits intentionally or recklessly, up to not more than $7,500 payable to the same claimant.
- Consumer fireworksCone and cylindrical fountains, flitter sparklers, ground spinners, illuminating torches and wheels, and other items with 500 grams or less of pyrotechnic composition that the State Fire Marshal recognizes by rule as suitable for retail sale to the public.