ZIVICH ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. MENTOR SOCCER CLUB, INC., APPELLEE, ET AL., 82 Ohio St. 3d 367

Summary

The parents of injured minor child, challenged the appellate court's judgment, which affirmed the grant summary judgment to the soccer club, on the ground that the release executed by the child's mother barred the claims for negligence and reckless misconduct in a personal injury action. The appellate court's judgment was affirmed. The court held that the injury was a natural incident of the minor child's participation in soccer practice and fell within the ambit of the release. The court ruled that the exculpatory agreement executed by plaintiff mother on behalf of her minor son released the soccer club from liability for the minor child's claims and plaintiffs' claims as a matter of law. Summary judgment was appropriately entered in the soccer club's favor. Further, plaintiffs had the authority to bind their minor child to exculpatory agreements and the agreement could not be disaffirmed by the minor child on whose behalf it was executed.