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SHIELDS v. STA-FIT, INC.

No. 14551-4-III.

903 P.2d 525 (1995)

79 Wash.App. 584

Paul SHIELDS and Heather Shields, husband and wife, individually, and the marital community composed thereof, Appellants, v. STA-FIT, INC., A Washington Corporation d/b/a Sta-Fit Club East, and Jeff Turner, individually and as an employee of Sta-Fit Club East, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3, Panel One.

Reconsideration Denied November 22, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith S. Douglass, Kaiser, Douglass & Lewis, Spokane, for appellants.

Jonathan C. Rascoff, Rascoff & Kelly, Spokane, for respondents.

SWEENEY, Acting Chief Judge.

Generally exculpatory clauses are valid unless they violate a public policy interest of this state.1 As a condition of joining Sta-Fit Club East, Paul Shields was required to release Sta-Fit and its employees from any negligence or fault. He was injured when a Sta-Fit employee, a trainer, instructed him to remove his support belt while performing squats. He had paid an extra $10 per hour fee to the trainer...

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