Urbanski v. Walker

CAREY, Justice:

This is an appeal by plaintiff below, Robert Urbanski, and his father and next friend, Casimir Urbanski, from a judgment entered upon a directed verdict in Superior Court in favor of the defendants below, Irvin C. Walker, and members of his family, on the issue of liability. The appeal questions the validity of 25 Del.C. § 1421, dealing with the liability of the occupier of land for injury to guests.

Briefly, the facts are that the ten-year-old appellant, Robert Urbanski, was injured by catching his left hand in the gears of a grain elevator on the Walker farm. The day before…