Ruth M. Maxwell v. Motorcycle Safety Foundation, Inc.

OPINION

FRANK G. CLEMENT, JR., J.,

delivered the opinion of the Court, in

which ANDY D. BENNETT and RICHARD H. DINKINS, J.J., joined.

Plaintiff filed this action against the instructor of a motorcycle safety course and his employer for injuries she sustained when she drove off of the designated course site and collided with a parked pickup truck. The trial court found that the plaintiffs negligence claims were barred because she signed a valid written waiver/release from liability document pri- or to starting the course. The trial court also dismissed the plaintiffs gross negligence claims,…