Legal Opinion
Owen Orthmann v. Apple River Campground, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 19, 1985No. 84-1290PublishedCited by 106 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Owen Orthmann, age 19, was rendered a quadriplegic when he dove into the Apple River near the village of Somerset, Wisconsin, and his head struck a rock on the shallow bottom. A resident of Minnesota (to which he moved after the accident), Orthmann brought this diversity suit in a federal district court in Wisconsin against the village and against eight firms that comprise the Floater’s Association. Members of the Association rent inner tubes for floating down the river to tourists like Orthmann, who was injured when he interrupted his float to go on shore to do some…
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