Legal Opinion · Dissent

Johnson v. Rapid City Softball Ass'n

South Dakota Supreme Court

Decided March 30, 1994No. 18269Published

1DissentHenderson, Justice

I respectfully dissent.

In my opinion, the roster and release form, signed by Johnson, was sufficient to release Rapid City and the Rapid City Softball Association from liability. Although Johnson does not dispute signing this form, she now contends that she did not know what she signed.

Besides being a softball player and the team’s manager when she signed the form, she was also a practicing attorney. Lawyers must be learned in the law. Educational requirements consist of satisfactorily passing an examination conducted by the State Board of Bar Examiners and graduation from a law school…

2Cases cited49 opinions

  1. Wilson v. Great Northern Railway CompanySouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1968
  2. Harris v. WalkerIllinois Supreme Court · 1988
  3. Baker v. CITY SEATTLEWashington Supreme Court · 1971
  4. Madison v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1988
  5. Lee v. Allied Sports Associates, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1965

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