Becker v. Beaverton School District No. 48

Plaintiff is an elementary school student who was injured in a fall from a piece of playground equipment at one of defendants schools. This particular apparatus was a climbing structure constructed of timbers supporting a wooden platform approximately six feet off the ground. There was a hole or opening in the center of the platform. Plaintiff played on this structure frequently and was aware of the playground rule forbidding students from jumping across this opening in the platform. On the day he was injured, he tried to jump across the opening while playing a game of tag. Plaintiff testified: "Somehow I tripped and fell through the hole."