Tincani v. Inland Empire Zoological Society

Petitioner Inland Empire Zoological Society, doing business as Walk in the Wild Zoo (hereafter Zoo), seeks review of a Court of Appeals decision affirming a judgment against it in a personal injury action brought on behalf of Richard Tincani. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

Facts

On November 12, 1987, Richard Tincani, along with 39 eighth and ninth grade students from Frontier Junior High School in Moses Lake, departed on a field trip to several points of interest in Spokane. The students were accompanied by two teachers, the school principal, and four parents. Tincani was 14 years 11…