Release Shields Riding Coach in Wrongful Death Case

A California state appeals court has affirmed the ruling of a trial court that a release signed by a 17-year-old equestrian acted as a shield from liability for her riding coach, who was sued by the equestrian’s parents for wrongful death/negligence and bystander negligent infliction of emotional distress.   To invalidate the release, the parents would have had to demonstrate that the coach “acted with gross negligence.”   In 2006, Mia Eriksson was a 17-year-old equestrian eventi