Laughman v. Girtakovskis

Opinion by

JUDGE ASHBY

{.1 Plaintiff, Brian Laughman, appeals from the trial court's order granting summary judgment in favor of defendant, Juris CGirtakovskis. We conclude that the martial arts sparring match between Mr. Laughman and Mr. Girtakovskis was an inherently dan gerous activity and, thus, Mr. Gll'takOVSle owed no duty of ordinary care to Mr. Laugh-man. We therefore affirm.

I. Background

T2 This case arises from a martial arts sparring session, Mr. Girtakovskis was preparing to test for his black belt, As part of a pre-test, two other were - asked to attack him so that he could…