Nemarnik
Nemarnik v. Los Angeles Kings Hockey Club
Opinion
Opinion
Ortega, J.
Plaintiff Holly Ann Nemarnik was injured when, during pregame warm-ups at a Los Angeles Kings ice hockey game, a puck flew off the ice and struck her in the mouth. Plaintiff sued the Kings (The Los Angeles Kings Hockey Club, L.P.), the National Hockey League, and the owners and operators of the ice hockey venue (California Forum, doing business as Great Western Forum, the Anschutz Corporation, Anschutz Properties, Inc., and Anschutz L.A. Venture, Inc.).
The trial court granted defendants’ motion for nonsuit at the beginning of trial. The trial court concluded, as a matter of law, that defendants were immune from liability under the primary assumption of risk defense. (Knight v. Jewett (1992) 3 Cal.4th 296 [ 11 Cal.Rptr.2d 2 , 834 P.2d 696 ].) The trial court also awarded defendants costs of $12,870.
Plaintiff has appealed from the judgment and order awarding costs. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
Plaintiff’s Factual Allegations
On April 18, 1999, plaintiff attended a Kings hockey game at the Forum. During the pregame warm-ups, several pucks were in play on the ice. Plaintiff had a fourth row, season ticket seat but could not see the ice because “there were…