Zivich v. Mentor Soccer Club, Inc.

[This opinion has been published in Ohio Official Reports at 82 Ohio St.3d 367.] ZIVICH ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. MENTOR SOCCER CLUB, INC., APPELLEE, ET AL. [Cite as Zivich v. Mentor Soccer Club, Inc.,

1998-Ohio-389.] Torts—Negligence—Parents have authority to bind their minor children to exculpatory agreements in favor of volunteers and sponsors of nonprofit sport activities where the cause of action sounds in negligence— Agreements may not be disaffirmed by the child on whose behalf they were executed—Parents may release own claim arising out of injury to their minor children. 1. Parents have…