Even in Extreme Sport, Court Accords Primacy of Primary Assumption of Risk

By Jon Heshka, Associate Professor at Thompson Rivers University An appellate court in Wolf v. Kaplan, 2021-Ohio-2447 has ruled that a triathlete injured when she crashed in a race after being clipped by a competitor cannot claim damages because the collision was an inherent risk that she assumed. Mary Ellen Wolf was an experienced triathlete. She was a certified race director for USA Triathlon, the national governing body for triathlon, and had qualified for the USA Triathlon Nationals. D