Calhoon v. Lewis

Opinion

HALLER, J.

While waiting for a friend, a young man skateboarded in his friend’s driveway. He fell into a planter and was injured by a metal pipe inside the planter. He sued his friend’s parents, who had placed the planter in the driveway. We conclude the trial court properly granted summary judgment because the plaintiff voluntarily assumed the risks inherent in skateboarding and the defendants owed no affirmative duty to the plaintiff to make the driveway safe for skateboarding activities.

Factual and Procedural Background

One morning, Michael Alan Calhoon and Wade Lewis agreed that…