Torts/Personal Injury
Jul. 12, 2023
Student injuries during PE class & school sports
Mandatory activities that are part of the school curriculum fall outside the assumption of the risk doctrine.
Michael E. Rubinstein
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Michael is a Los Angeles-based personal injury and accident attorney.
A student is injured while playing a touch-football game in physical education class at school. Does this student assume the risk of being injured during this vigorous athletic activity? No, according to the California Court of Appeal in the recent case of Nigel B. v. Burbank Unified School District. The reason, the Court explained, is because PE class is mandatory and the student was required to participate in ...
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