GORDON v. DEER PARK SCH. DIST.

No. 38600.

71 Wn.2d 119 (1967)

426 P.2d 824

MICHAEL GORDON, Respondent, v. DEER PARK SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 414, et al., Appellants.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department Two.

April 20, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. MacGillivray, Willard W. Jones, and Hamblen, Gilbert & Brooke (Fred W. Gilbert, of counsel), for appellants.

Kathleen M. Taft and Robert A. Southwell, for respondent.


April 1, 1963, Michael Gordon, a minor, was watching a game of softball being played on the school grounds. Michael was standing approximately 23 feet to the rear of the batter near the position of the "on-deck circle." He was injured by being struck on the head with a baseball bat, which was released by William L. Wetzler, one of the school instructors, who was batting in a game of "work-up" with the students.

Vern Gordon, the father, natural guardian and guardian...

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