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HAMMERLIND v. CLEAR LAKE STAR FAC. SKYDIVER

Nos. 46934, 46935 and 46956.

258 N.W.2d 590 (1977)

Gerald HAMMERLIND, as Trustee for the Heirs and Next-of-Kin of Richard Hammerlind, Decedent, Respondent-Appellant. v. CLEAR LAKE STAR FACTORY SKYDIVER'S CLUB, a.k.a. Clear Lake Skydiver's Club, a.k.a. Star Factory Club, et al., Defendants, Leader's Flying Service, Inc., et al., Respondents-Appellants, Ron Kilian, Appellant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

September 9, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger J. Nierengarten and Geoffrey J. Gempeler, St. Cloud, for appellant.

Dean K. Johnson, Trygve A. Egge, and Ronald M. Michaelson, Minneapolis, for Leader's Flying Service, Inc., et al.

Sahr, Kunert & Tambornino, Minneapolis, and Roger T. Sahr and Paul C. Kunert, for respondent.

Heard before SHERAN, C. J., PETERSON, and TODD, JJ., and considered and decided by the court en banc.

PER CURIAM.

This appeal consolidates three appeals from an order of the Stearns County District Court denying plaintiff's motion for a new trial. Defendants secured directed verdicts at the close of plaintiff's evidence. We affirm.

This is an action for the wrongful death of Richard Hammerlind. Plaintiff's decedent (hereafter Hammerlind) drowned when he parachuted into a lake. Plaintiff's evidence, when viewed in the light most favorable to him, revealed that...

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