McGARR v. BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA, INC.

No. 732, September Term, 1987.

74 Md. App. 127 (1988)

536 A.2d 728

CHADWICK McGARR, A MINOR, ETC. ET AL. v. BALTIMORE AREA COUNCIL, BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA, INC. ET AL.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Certiorari Denied June 16, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. Sullivan (Kidwell, Kent & Sullivan, on brief), Rockville, for appellants.

Phillips L. Goldsborough, III (A. Gwynn Bowie, Jr. and Smith, Somerville & Case, on brief), Annapolis, for appellee, Boy Scouts.

Allan A. Noble (Budow & Noble, on brief), Bethesda, for other appellees.

Argued before WILNER, ROBERT M. BELL and WENNER, JJ.


WILNER, Judge.

While on a camping excursion as a member of Boy Scout Troop No. 366, 11-year-old Chad McGarr was injured when he fell over a precipice into a partially frozen stream. In an action filed in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County, Chad and his mother contended that the accident occurred because of the negligence of troop scoutmaster Charles Fowler and the Baltimore Area Council, Boy Scouts of America, Inc.

The thrust of the McGarrs' complaint...

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