Travis v. Bohannon

¶1 MaryAnna Travis appeals the summary dismissal of her negligence action against Chewelah School District No. 36. The question presented is whether a school district owes a duty of care to students participating in oflf-campus activities during school hours. If it does, we are asked to decide whether triable issues of fact remain on whether the school district breached that duty and whether the mother’s informed consent to the activity superseded and, therefore, relieved the school district of liability. We conclude that the school district owed a duty to this student. Whether the school…