Deaner v. Utica Community School District

Plaintiff Chester C. Deaner, Jr. was enrolled in a combative sports physical education course at Eisenhower High School in the Utica Community School District. The course included wrestling. Defendant Johnston examined plaintiff on September 9, 1972, and approved his physical condition for wrestling. On February 16, 1973, while wrestling in class with fellow student Jeffrey Facsko, plaintiff suffered a subluxation of two vertebrae which resulted in quadriplegia.

The trial court granted summary judgment for defendant Johnston, pursuant to GCR 1963, 117.2(3), on the ground that there was no…