Legal Opinion
Rekab, Inc. v. Frank Hrubetz & Co.
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided March 8, 1971No. [No. 260, September Term, 1970.]PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMcWilliams, J.
George Washington Gale Ferris (1859-1896) was a successful engineer. He is remembered for what was perhaps the least of his accomplishments — the Ferris wheel. We shall be concerned here with a mutation of its countless progeny. This one is known as the “Hydraulic Paratrooper Ride.” Built by the appellee (Hrubetz) for the appellant (Rekab) it was put into service at Rekab’s Glen Echo Amusement Park in the spring of 1963. On 27 July 1964 it collapsed, injuring Delores Hardy who thereafter sued both Hrubetz and Rekab. Her claim was settled by the entry of a consent judgment in the amount of…
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