State Appeals Applies ‘Prudent Person Standard of Care’ to Golf Case

A California state appeals court has reversed a trial court after concluding that it should have applied “the prudent person standard of care” when determining whether a middle school golf coach and the school district that employed him was liable for an accident that occurred during a P.E. class. That trial court applied “the Knight/Kahn limited duty of care,” which is a more forgiving standard.   The setting for the accident was a 7th grade P.E. class being taught in the Long Beac