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MONICA BORDEAUX, GUARDIAN, Ad Litem of G.B.F., Minor Child, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. SHANNON COUNTY SCHOOLS, Defendant and Appellee. [2005 SD 117] South Dakota Supreme Court Appeal from the Circuit Court of The SEVENTH Judicial Circuit SHANNON County, South Dakota Hon. A. P. FULLER, Judge TERRY L. PECHOTA of Pechota Law Office Rapid City, South Dakota Attorney for plaintiff and appellant.

THOMAS H. HARMON of Tieszen Law Office Pierre, South Dakota Attorneys for defendant and appellee.

Considered on Briefs on October 3, 2005 Opinion Filed 11/30/2005

#23563 KONENKAMP, Justice [¶1.] In this personal injury action, the circuit court granted summary judgment for the defendant. We affirm. Background [¶2.] On Saturday, April 26, 2003, Monica Bordeaux brought her eleven-year-old son, G.B.F., to Billy Mills Hall in Pine Ridge, South Dakota, so that he could participate in a Hand Game tournament.[1] Later that day, G.B.F. left the tournament to go to a convenience store across the road. He was hit and injured by a drunk driver. Bordeaux, as G.B.F.

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