Legal Opinion
Harper v. Herman
Court of Appeals of Minnesota
Decided September 15, 1992No. CO-92-196PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Considered and decided by AMUNDSON, P.J., and PARKER and KALITOWSKI, JJ. AMUNDSON, Judge.
Appellant was severely injured when he dove off respondent’s boat into shallow water. The trial court granted respondent summary judgment, concluding respondent owed no duty of care to warn appellant of any danger. We disagree and reverse.
FACTS
On August 9, 1986, appellant Jeffrey J. Harper was invited to go boating on Lake Minnetonka on a boat owned by respondent, Theodor H. Herman. Appellant and respondent did not know each other prior to that day. A group of five people set out on respondent’s…
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