Ex Parte City of Geneva
Supreme Court of Alabama
1Opinion of the Court
We granted certiorari review to consider whether the defendant municipality was shielded from liability under the "recreational use statutes," §§ 35-15-1 through -28, Ala. Code 1975.
Sharon Yarbrough, individually and as next friend of her minor daughter Christina Yarbrough, sued the City of Geneva, alleging negligence. On June 14, 1991, Christina Yarbrough, then age 11, attended a ball game at C.D. Chapman Memorial Park, which is owned and operated by the City. While leaving the park that evening, Christina fell over a cable that was stretched across the park's entrance, and in the fall she…
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