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A physical education teacher in a Louisiana high school taught a trampoline unit as part of the physical education curriculum. The teacher taught proper safety techniques for using the trampoline. Included in the safety instructions were instructions that only one or two people were allowed on the trampoline at any given time. The dangers of horseplay were also covered and prohibited.
 * The Background **

Five girls mounted the trampoline after the teacher left the stage where the trampoline was located.
 * The Situation**

The evidence revealed that the five girls had mounted the trampoline after the teacher had left the stage where the trampoline was located. The court acknowledged that teachers must exercise a degree of supervision commensurate with attendant circumstances and the age of the children under supervision, but concluded that the plaintiff was well acquainted with the trampoline and how to use it properly, that she knew no more than two people were allowed to use it at the same time, and that the teacher exercised reasonable supervision over the girls.
 * The Decision**

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