California Appeals Court Reverses Lower Court in Assumption of Risk Case Involving Football Injury

A California state appeals court has reversed a lower court, which granted summary judgment to a school district that had been sued by student athlete for negligence after the student athlete suffered an injury during a football practice.   In overturning the decision, the appeals court concluded that the district did not follow “standard practice” when it failed to distribute a mouth guard to the student athletes prior to the practice, which might have prevented the injury.   The