Appeals Court Puts the Brakes on Competitor’s Negligence Claim

A California appeals court has upheld a race track’s successful motion for summary judgment in a case involving a plaintiff’s claim that the track was negligent, making the waiver he signed inapplicable.   Emilio Caballero was riding his motorcycle at the Willow Springs race track on May 15, 1999 when he had a collision with another rider. Nearly two years later, he sued the track, alleging negligence, fraud, intentional misrepresentation, negligent misrepresentation and loss of consort