Legal Opinion
Fernando F. Montes v. Lauren Betcher and Evelyn Betcher, D/B/A the Hagen Resort
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 11, 1973No. 72-1527PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NICHOL, District Judge.
On the warm Sunday afternoon of July 13, 1968, 35 year old Fernando Montes, a citizen of Nebraska, took a running dive off a short dock which served the Appellants’ resort, one of the many enhancing Minnesota’s beautiful lakes. He surfaced with a severely lacerated scalp and a vertebral fracture. Shortly after the incident, a jagged piece of concrete was recovered from the lake floor in the general area where plaintiff had entered the water. The concrete piece resembled the home-made boat anchors constructed by Appellants to use in the boats which frequented the boat…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Springrose v. WillmoreSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1971
- Lindgren v. VogeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1961
- Hanson v. ChristensenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1966
- Diker v. City of St. Louis ParkSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1964
- Donovan v. DixonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1962
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3Cited by3 opinions
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