Legal Opinion
Reddell v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided July 1, 1997No. 87276PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SUMMERS, Vice Chief Justice.
¶ 1 Does a voluntary combatant in a “BB gun war” have an action against the player who shot him in the eye, given that the “rules” of the game prohibited aiming above the waist? We say no, and affirm the trial court’s dismissal.
¶2 Patrick Reddell and Derek Johnson, both eighteen years old, agreed to participate in a BB gun war. The rules were that no shots should be aimed above the waist, that guns be pumped no more than three times to limit the force of the BBs, and shots be taken only when the person aimed at was in the open. In the course of the game Johnson…
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- Northrip v. Montgomery Ward & Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1974
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