Myers

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Myers’s Complaint On December 29, 2019, Myers went to Skateland in Northridge. She was struck from behind on the skating floor by defendant Jason Lee.1 Myers lost her balance and fell, sustaining arm and hand injuries that required treatment at a hospital. Myers sued Skateland for negligence and premises liability. She alleged that it lacked trained personnel “to prevent the wild skating of Defendant Lee.” The lack of safety measures and monitoring presented “a risk of the massively unsafe skating” that led to her injuries. Skateland’s Motion for Summary Judgment Skateland sought summary judgment on the grounds that Myers assumed the risk of injury by engaging in a sport with an inherent risk of falling. Skateland argued that it did not increase the risk of injury and owed Myers no duty, as a matter of law. Myers admitted in her deposition that she knows skaters may collide and has witnessed collisions and falls in rinks.

1 Defendant Lee is not involved in this appeal.

2 Skateland’s president declared that closed circuit television video (CCTV) images show Myers’s skating session.2 Three floor guards in black and white referee shirts were skating on…