California Court of Appeal

Assumption of risk will not bar a suit against a supplier of a horse to a children's camp, because inexperienced children riding at camp for the first time do not assume the risk of horses that are inappropriate for their skill level; summary judgment was inappropriate where evidence showed that horse may have been inappropriate for beginners, and supplier knew or should have known of the horse's characteristics.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/24/2002
• Published 05/28/2002

Judges

• COOPER, P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Girardi and Keese, Thomas V. Girardi, James B. Kropff and Amanda L. McClintock, Los Angeles, for Plaintiffs and Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Pivo, Halbreich, Cahill & Yim, Irvine, Thomas L. Wilson, Santa Ana, and Bill H. Kollias, Mission Viejo, for Defendant and Respondent.