Legal Opinion
Wagenblast v. Odessa School District No. 105-157-166J
Washington Supreme Court
Decided July 7, 1988No. 53627-9, 54295-3PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Andersen, J.—
Facts of Case
In these consolidated cases we consider an issue of first impression — the legality of public school districts requiring students and their parents to sign a release of all potential future claims as a condition to student participation in certain school-related activities.
The plaintiffs in these cases are public school children and their parents.
Odessa School District students Alexander and Charles Wagenblast and Ethan and Katie Herdrick all desired to participate in some form of interscholastic athletics. As a condition to such participation, the Odessa School…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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