Liles v. Innerwork, Inc.

Ruffin, Chief Judge.

Debra Liles was injured at a corporate retreat while participating in a “team-building” activity organized by Innerwork, Inc. Liles sued Innerwork, claiming gross negligence by its employees. The trial court granted summary judgment to Innerwork, concluding that Liles had assumed the risk of injury by participating in the activity. We agree with the trial court and affirm.

We review a grant of summary judgment de novo, “giving the opposing party the benefit of all reasonable doubt and construing the evidence and all inferences and conclusions therefrom most favorably toward…