Legal Opinion
Orthmann v. Apple River Campground, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 17, 1985No. 83-2519PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEANEY, Circuit Judge.
Owen Orthmann was innertubing on the Apple River near Somerset, Wisconsin, on July 19, 1980. During his trip down the river, he stopped at the river bank and dove into the water. Orthmann struck his head on the bottom or a submerged object, crushing several vertebrae. The blow rendered him a quadriplegic.
Orthmann filed a tort action against the Apple River innertube rental establishments in federal district court for the District of Minnesota on April 18, 1983. Although he was an Iowa resident at the time of the accident, Orthmann later became a Minnesota resident; he…
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- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 98,667 Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. Helen Echo HayduCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- Owen Orthmann v. Apple River Campground, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- Hospah Coal Co. v. Chaco Energy Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1982
- Freddie Pauline Pearrow v. National Life and Accident Insurance Company, D/B/A Opryland USACourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1983
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3Cited by88 opinions
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- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 94,913 Asset Allocation and Management Company v. Western Employers Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
- Medtronic, Inc. v. Advanced Bionics Corp.Court of Appeals of Minnesota · 2001
- United States Fire Insurance v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1990
- Boatmen's First National Bank of Kansas City v. Kansas Public Employees Retirement SystemCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1995
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