Legal Opinion
Pietz v. Orthopedic Equipment Co., Inc.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided December 22, 1989No. 88-908PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Harold Walter Pietz, a student at Jacksonville State University, was injured when he fell during an ROTC field exercise on November 16, 1985. The Jacksonville State ROTC unit was required to rappel down a cliff, using equipment issued by the ROTC unit. Part of this equipment was the snap link mountain piton (a/k/a a carabiner) manufactured by Orthopedic Equipment Company, Inc. ("OEC"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Biomet, Inc. As Pietz descended a steep cliff, the non-locking gatekeeper portion of the snap link opened, causing the rope to slacken and Pietz to free fall approximately 80 feet…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Feres v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Boyle v. United Technologies Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Yearsley v. W. A. Ross Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Stencel Aero Engineering Corp. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Turner v. Bituminous Casualty Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1976
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3Cited by15 opinions
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- Brown v. Economy Baler Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1992
- Asher v. KCS Intern., Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1995
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