Justice David Schmidt
Defendant Eurobungy-USA Corp. was the manufacturer of the Eurobungy Model T4 4-in-1 trampoline, a trampoline jumping device. The trampoline had a square frame with a jackstand leg attached to each corner of the frame, and there were four cleats fastened to the top of the bottom flange of the frame. It was equipped with four poles and five cables, four of which were intended to connect the pole to the cleats on the frame, with the fifth cable, which had a turnbuckle and was referred to as the "outer cable," intended to connect the pole to the jackstand leg. Third-party defendant day camp purchased the trampoline for use at its children's day camp. Plaintiffs' decedent, Garcia, who was employed by the camp, was killed when a pole of the trampoline struck him in the head while he was disassembling the trampoline. The camp moved to dismiss the claims for pecuniary loss by Garcia's adult children, based on the contention that their father did not perform any services for them under which they could recover compensation in a wrongful death action. The court agreed, finding that such claim cannot be brought by the emancipated children of a decedent, as they were not members of household.
