Carlin v. Krout

While passing over an undulating floor, known as the “ocean wave,” in a building at the appellant’s amusement park, the appellee, a woman fifty-nine years of age, suffered the injury which is the occasion of this suit. The only question presented on appeal from the judgment recovered by the appellee is whether there is legally sufficient evidence of negligence in the construction or operation of the amusement device in the use of which she was injured.

The “ocean wave” is composed of a series of five hinged platforms, having an aggregate length of forty-nine feet, which are given a vertical…