An automobile dealer customer sustained a severe laceration which required urgent surgery as a result of the auto dealer using razor wire at ground level in a pedestrian area of the dealership lot. The customer was walking across a pedestrian area of the lot at night to look at a truck he was interested in when his leg got entangled in the razor wire causing a horrible, deep laceration. The razor wire was difficult to see during the day because of shadows and impossible to see at night. it was on the ground directly in the path of customers and employees attached to a fence. Razor wire is a more dangerous form of barbed wire and is designed to maim. Razor wire barbs have piercing and gripping action and the use of razor wire is usually associated with correctional institutions, prisoner of war camps and war zones. Many municipalities have either outlawed the use of razor wire or have ordinances regulating its use. All manufacturer documentation found regarding the use of razor wire specifies a “minimum height of eight feet” and that razor wire must avoid “any and all pedestrian traffic”. The automobile dealer settled with our client after being presented with these facts.