Legal Opinion
Berg v. Merricks
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided April 18, 1974No. 567, September Term, 1973PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLowe, J.
In 1968, Michael Allen Berg (Mickey) was a nineteen year old senior at Crossland Senior High School in Prince George’s County, Maryland. On October 8th of that year he fractured his neck while performing on a trampoline during his regular physical education class. He has been a paraplegic since the accident.
Mickey, together with his mother, instituted suit February 19, 1971 in Prince George’s County Circuit Court against his gym teacher, John M. Merricks; the principal of Crossland High, John V. Hrezo; the superintendent of schools, William S. Schmidt; the Board of Education of Prince…
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