Legal Opinion
John B. Burwell v. Thomas v. Crist and Barbara Crist, His Wife
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 2, 1967No. 15911PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
GANEY, Circuit Judge.
This matter comes before the court on an appeal from the denial by the lower court of a motion for a new trial.
The defendants were the operators of a camp for children, known as Mountain Lake Camp, in Fannettsburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
Sometime in the early summer of 1963, Jill Burwell, aged 11 years, entered the camp, which was co-ed, composed of a number of other children. Her parents selected the Mountain Lake Camp as a summer camp for their child because, as the decedent’s father testified, they had examined the brochures from various…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Baker v. Westmoreland & Cambria Natural Gas Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893
- General Finance, Inc. v. StratfordCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1940
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