Legal Opinion
Brendan Van Voris and Josephine Durkin v. Team Chop Shop, LLC D/B/A Chop Shop MMA Jerry Howell
Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)
Decided June 7, 2013No. 05-11-01370-CVPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by
Justice MURPHY.
Brendan Van Voris and his wife, Josephine Durkin, appeal the trial court’s summary judgment dismissing their negligence and gross negligence claims against Team Chop Shop, LLC d/b/a Chop Shop MMA and Jerry Howell based on a pre-injury release signed by Van Voris. We affirm the trial court’s judgment on the negligence claims but reverse and remand the case for further proceedings regarding gross negligence.
BACKGROUND
Van Voris was participating in an aikido course at Chop Shop’s facility when he was injured during demonstration of a jiu-jitsu technique. He and…
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