Powers v. Huizing

Plaintiffs, Roy and Shirley Powers, husband and wife, brought suit against defendants Louis and Joan Huizing, doing business as “Hula Heights,” to recover for injuries sustained by Shirley Powers while tobogganing at Hula Heights. The trial court sitting without a jury entered a judgment for plaintiffs. Defendants appeal from the trial court’s denial of their motion to vacate judgment.

The pertinent facts are as follows: Defendants maintained, near Hudsonville, the Hula Heights toboggan run containing 6 concrete chutes designed to guide toboggans down a slope along predetermined paths. Each…