Legal Opinion
Granite State Insurance Company v. Gerald A. Degerlia and Linda Deerhake, Special Administrator of the Estate of Kevin Deerhake, Deceased
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 14, 1991No. 90-1843, 90-1844PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.
On July 27, 1980, patrons gathered at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds (“Fairgrounds”) in DuQuoin, Illinois, for a motorcycle race sponsored by the American Motorcycle Association (“AMA”). The sponsored race was canceled due to inclement weather, but many of the patrons remained to either watch or participate in the un-sponsored and unauthorized “racing or stunting” of motorcycles. That activity ended tragically when a motorcycle accident injured Gerald Degerlia and cost Kevin Deerhake his life.
At the time of the accident, the DuQuoin State Fair Association…
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