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vicarzWhy I love studying law part ? - Tort case which closely resembles...
FREAK DAY AT THE ZOO
From Dean Grady's tort casebook:
In Satcher v. James H. Drew Shows, Inc., 122 Ga. App. 548, 177 S.E.2d 846 (1970), the plaintiff, Mrs. Satcher, went to an amusement park and bought a ticket to ride on the Dodge-Em bumper cars...
On the fateful day, the plaintiff paid her admission and took a seat in a bumper car. Then, a group of fifteen mental patients was led up to the ride. The patients were on a daytrip excursion to the amusement park, and their nurse from their asylum accompanied them. When the attendant turned on the electricity to start the ride, the mental patients began to converge on the plaintiff. They pushed their accelerator pedals to the maximum and began to crash into her car simultaneously from different angles. She began to scream. During all this time, the defendant’s attendant left the power on, though he noticed the plaintiff’s predicament. When the ride was finally over, the plaintiff could not get out of her car without assistance. The repeated bumps had injured her back. The trial court nonsuited the plaintiff, and she appealed.
Held, for the plaintiff, that the trial court erred in dismissing her complaint.
FREAK DAY AT THE ZOO
From Dean Grady's tort casebook:
In Satcher v. James H. Drew Shows, Inc., 122 Ga. App. 548, 177 S.E.2d 846 (1970), the plaintiff, Mrs. Satcher, went to an amusement park and bought a ticket to ride on the Dodge-Em bumper cars...
On the fateful day, the plaintiff paid her admission and took a seat in a bumper car. Then, a group of fifteen mental patients was led up to the ride. The patients were on a daytrip excursion to the amusement park, and their nurse from their asylum accompanied them. When the attendant turned on the electricity to start the ride, the mental patients began to converge on the plaintiff. They pushed their accelerator pedals to the maximum and began to crash into her car simultaneously from different angles. She began to scream. During all this time, the defendant’s attendant left the power on, though he noticed the plaintiff’s predicament. When the ride was finally over, the plaintiff could not get out of her car without assistance. The repeated bumps had injured her back. The trial court nonsuited the plaintiff, and she appealed.
Held, for the plaintiff, that the trial court erred in dismissing her complaint.
