ACOSTA v. LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DIST.

Docket No. B070279.

31 Cal.App.4th 471 (1995)

37 Cal. Rptr.2d 171

ALBERTO ACOSTA, as Co-executor, etc., et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Seven.

January 10, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Hamrick, Garrotto, Briskin & Pene, Katherine B. Pene and Frances K. Prince for Defendant and Appellant.

Sanford M. Gage and Peter I. Bersin for Plaintiffs and Appellants.


OPINION

JOHNSON, J.

Section 831.7 of the Government Code immunizes a public entity from liability for injuries resulting from participation in a "hazardous recreational activity." The issue before us is whether this immunity applies in a suit against a school district by a high school gymnast seriously injured while practicing under the supervision of his coach in the school gymnasium...

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