Supreme Court: ‘Social Utility’ of Bleachers Outweighs Hazard

The Supreme Court of Louisiana has reversed an appeals court and sided with a school district, which was sued by a woman, who fell on the bleachers, while attending her grandson’s football game.   Central to the court’s ruling was the belief that the “social utility of the bleachers outweighed any minimal risk” and that the plaintiff was aware of the risk and had other options.   The incident occurred on October 29, 2004, when plaintiff Jeanine Pryor, 69, attended a football ga