Stone v. Northmont City Schools

Citations

• 187 N.E.3d 54
• 2022 Ohio 1116

Syllabus

The recreational user statute, R.C. 1533.181, precludes appellees' liability for appellant's injuries. Appellant was a recreational user on the premises, riding a bicycle on a multi-use trail which was open to the public and free of charge, at the time he collided with a rope strung across the trail between two stakes in the ground to mark a cross-country course. Since the rope was a condition of the premises, it did not change the essential character of the multi-use trail. In the absence of a genuine issue of material fact, appellees were entitled to summary judgment as a matter of law. Judgment affirmed.