Chapa v. Club Corp. of America

ABOUSSIE, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment granted in favor of appellees, Club Corporation of America, Hill Country Golf, Inc., d/b/a Lost Creek Country Club and the Club manager Bill Fitzpatrick (all hereinafter referred to as the Club). We will reverse the judgment of the trial court and remand the cause for a trial on the merits.

Julian Chapa, fifteen years of age, was employed in the kitchen of the Club. On August 1,1983, at the request of the kitchen manager, John Gulliksen, Chapa and several co-workers volunteered to work in the kitchen on a day the Club was closed,…