Coffey v. Hilands

This wrongful death action arose out of a fatal accident which occurred on a Boy Scout outing. Plaintiff, the mother of the deceased youth and administrator of his estate, appeals the granting of summary judgments for defendants Hilands, Austero and Gomez. She does not appeal the summary judgment for the corporation.

The unchallenged evidence 1 establishes the following facts: On the morning of the fatal mishap, defendant Hilands, scoutmaster of Troop 608, and four or five boys from that troop — including 11-year-old Freddie Smith — joined defendant Gomez, the father of a boy in Troop 635, and…