Partin v. HCA Health Services of Louisiana, Inc.

The jury committed manifest error in finding that HCA and Bryan Yaun breached duties owed by them to the plaintiff.

Participants in sports activities have a duty to play in a reasonable and sportsmanlike manner, according to the rules of the game, and to refrain from acts which constitute a wanton or reckless disregard for the safety of other participants. Picou v. Hartford Insurance Company, 558 So.2d 787, 790 (La.App. 5 Cir.); Ginsberg v. Hontas, 545 So.2d 1154, 1155 (La.App. 4th Cir.), writ denied, 550 So.2d 631 (La.1989). The record shows that Yaun and plaintiff were voluntary participants…