Rigdon v. Great Miami Valley Ymca, Ca2006-06-155 (4-9-2007)

OPINION

{¶ 1} Plaintiff-appellant, Gary Rigdon, appeals a decision of the Butler County Court of Common Pleas granting summary judgment to defendant-appellee, Great Miami Valley YMCA ("YMCA"), in a negligence action filed by appellant for injuries he sustained while closing a racquetball court door.

{¶ 2} On March 11, 2003, appellant arranged to play racquetball at the YMCA's Fairfield branch ("Fairfield Y") with Charles Fisher, William Burkhart, and David Flexner.

Appellant was a member of the Countryside Y in Lebanon, Ohio, and as such had privileges to use the Fairfield Y facility. The…