Legal Question in Personal Injury in Ohio

As a social guest generally you would not be liable for his injuries unless it can be demonstrated that you knew that the person was inexperienced and that it was highly dangerous for you to entrust the ATV to him. Generally your only duty would be to warn him of any hidden or latent defects in the ATV or any precautions that you knew of that might not have been obvious to your guest. If your ATV was insured you may have a contractual policy that will pay his medical expenses up to a certain limit without reference to any issue of duty or negligence on your part. If he injured someone else as a result of your negligent entrustment of the ATV and you knew he was inexperienced that might result in a different outcome. Good luck and hope this helps

Novices allowed to drive ATVs without supervision, a helmet or instruction, have brought personal injury suits against the owners of the vehicles.