Facts

On Oct. 23, 2013, plaintiff, 4, was on the playground of Woodcrest Nazarene Christian School, in Westmont. While she was walking up the stairs towards a slide, some of the children were roughhousing, and eventually, one of them pushed plaintiff. She fell and landed so that she was straddling the metal frame on the stairs, sustaining injuries to her vagina.

PLAINTIFF'S CONTENTIONS:
Plaintiff contended that the unsafe condition on the playground caused her injuries and that the school's on-duty employee was inattentive in failing to supervise the children. The employee also failed to properly assess plaintiff's injuries, causing her sit in excruciating pain for nearly three hours with blood streaming down her legs and socks. She claimed that Knauss Craft was strictly liable for the playground equipment's manufacture and design defect.

She sued the school and Knauss Craft Inc. dba Playcraft Systems, the seller of the playground equipment, asserting causes of action for negligence, negligent control, supervision and operation of premises, negligent hiring, training and supervising, premises liability, negligence per se, and strict products liability for manufacture and design defect.

DEFENDANTS' CONTENTIONS:
Defendants denied plaintiff's allegations and asserted various affirmative defenses.

Result

Plaintiff settled with defendants for $80,000.

Other Information

FILING DATE: July 3, 2014.