Torts/Personal Injury,
Civil Litigation,
California Courts of Appeal
Jan. 7, 2022
City has no duty to warn or guard against paddle boarding death
“The city had no duty to guard against the known hazardous activity of paddle boarding or to warn paddle boarders, since the risk of falling off the board and drowning is an inherent risk of that activity,” wrote 2nd District Court of Appeal Justice Steven Z. Perren.
Paddle boarding, skydiving and rock climbing are among the sports so inherently dangerous that a public entity has no duty to guard or warn practitioners, a 2nd District Court of Appeal panel ruled.
The Division 6 justices on Tuesday upheld a summary judgment by Santa Barbara County Superior Court Judge Donna D. Geck in favor of the city of Santa Barbara in a wrongful-death lawsuit concerning the drowning of a paddle boarder who could not ...
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