Schumacher v. Heig

OPINION

FOLEY, Judge.

Thirteen-year-old Robert Y. Poppovich broke his leg while riding a four-wheel all-terrain vehicle owned by respondent Marvin Stanek, d/b/a Cutfoot Sioux Inn, an unincorporated resort. Robert Heig, Jr., d/b/a Bowen Lodge, Inc., appeals from summary judgment, contesting the trial court’s finding that no duty of care existed between Stanek and Poppovich under the Safety Responsibility Act, Minn.Stat. § 170.54 (1984), and common law negligent entrustment. Heig also challenges the conclusion that his actions constituted a superseding and intervening cause of the accident. We…