Owen Orthmann v. Apple River Campground, Inc.

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 1985-03-19

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POSNER, Circuit Judge. Owen Orthmann, age 19, was rendered a quadriplegic when he dove into the Apple River near the village of Somerset, Wisconsin, and his head struck a rock on the shallow bottom. A resident of Minnesota (to which he moved after the accident), Orthmann brought this diversity suit in a federal district court in Wisconsin against the village and against eight…

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