Legal Opinion

Ferrari v. Grand Canyon Dories

California Court of Appeal

Decided February 10, 1995No. C017469PublishedCited by 78 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

PUGLIA, P. J.

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment of dismissal following an order granting defendants’ motion for summary judgment. Plaintiff’s complaint seeks damages for injuries suffered when her head struck the metal frame of a raft during a commercial rafting trip sponsored and conducted by defendants. The trial court concluded plaintiff’s negligence claim is barred by the doctrine of primary assumption of risk and her product liability claim fails because defendants supplied a service, not a product. We shall affirm.

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Plaintiff participated in a five-day commercial raft trip on the…

2Cases cited25 opinions

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  5. Leal v. Holy Spirit Ass'n for Unification of World ChristianityCalifornia Supreme Court · 1988

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