Ford v. Gouin

Opinion

ARABIAN, J.

As in the companion case of Knight v. Jewett, ante, page 296 [11 Cal.Rptr.2d 2, 834 P.2d 696] (hereafter Knight), the issue in this case is whether plaintiff’s cause of action, arising out of an injury allegedly caused by the negligence of a coparticipant in an active sport, is barred under the assumption of risk doctrine. As explained in Knight, in light of the adoption of comparative fault principles in Li v. Yellow Cab Co. (1975) 13 Cal.3d 804 [119 Cal.Rptr. 858, 532 P.2d 1226, 78 A.L.R.3d 393], the assumption of risk doctrine operates as a complete bar to a plaintiff’s…