In a negligence action, trial court judgment is affirmed where the doctrine of primary assumption of risk applies to the activity engaged in by plaintiff at the Burning Man Festival, and thus defendant owed him no duty of care to prevent the injuries he incurred as a result.   

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Appellate InformationAppeal from San Francisco City & County Super. Ct. No. CGC-06-455768.FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION FOURFiled: June 30, 2009

JudgesBefore Ruvolo, P.J., Reardon, J., Sepulveda, J.Opinion by Ruvolo, P.J.

CounselFor Plaintiff: The Law Offices of Ian Herzog, Evan D. Marshall and Thomas F. Yuhas. For Respondent: Murphy, Pearson, Bradley & Feeney, William S. Kronenberg and Steven A. Kronenberg.

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