Legal Opinion
Casper v. Charles F. Smith & Son, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided July 25, 1989No. 127, 128, September Term, 1987PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McAULIFFE, Judge.
Tragedy struck the Casper and Kirtscher families on February 8, 1984, when Danielle Casper, age seven, and Rachel Kirtscher, age eight, fell through ice into the freezing waters of Moore’s Run in Baltimore City. Both children survived, but as a result of being submerged for twenty minutes or more, they are permanently and profoundly brain damaged. Each child and her parents brought a negligence action in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, claiming damages against the Mayor and Council of Baltimore City as the owner of the property and against individual contractors of the…
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