MALGARINI v. WASHINGTON JOCKEY CLUB

No. 25037-0-I.

60 Wn. App. 823 (1991)

807 P.2d 901

TIMOTHY MALGARINI, Appellant, v. WASHINGTON JOCKEY CLUB, ET AL, Respondents.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division One.

April 8, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman W. Cohen and Cohen & Keith-Miller, for appellant.

Bernard H. Friedman, for respondent Washington Jockey Club.

Kenneth O. Eikenberry, Attorney General, and Steven Abel and Francois L. Fischer, Assistants, for respondent Washington State Horse Racing Commission.


FORREST, J.

Timothy Malgarini appeals from summary judgments dismissing claims against the defendants Washington Jockey Club (WJC), Washington State Horse Racing Commission (WSHRC) and various individual defendants, asserting the court erred in applying theories of assumption of risk and quasi-judicial immunity. We affirm.

Malgarini was injured in a fall from a horse during a race at Longacres on April 19, 1985. Malgarini claims that the WSHRC and its stewards...

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