By Michael S. Carroll, PhD Former University of Notre Dame football player, Douglas Randolph, is suing the school, Head Coach Brian Kelly, and a multitude of other defendants, alleging negligence and other related claims stemming from to a failure to disclose...
A Missouri appeals court has reversed a trial court and restored a plaintiff’s claim that a head football coach and an assistant coach were liable for assault and battery when the assistant coach donned football pads and participated in a practice in which he injured...
By Jon Heshka — Associate Professor of Law at Thompson Rivers University Derek Boogaard played in the National Hockey League from 2005 to 2010. Standing at 6’7” and weighing approximately 270 pounds, he was a prized pugilist. Over six seasons with the Minnesota...
The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has denied the appeal of the parents of high school football player, who sued the school district and the coach after he suffered a traumatic brain injury during practice. In so ruling, the panel of judges noted that at the...
A former National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) women’s lacrosse player has filed an Objection to a proposed settlement of NCAA concussion-focused class-action litigation, claiming that the settlement does not adequately protect college-level Women...
(Editor’s Note: What follows is part two of a five-part exclusive series on golf cart liability, including relevant case law and analysis.) By Thomas H. Sawyer, Ed.D. Professor Emeritus, Kinesiology, Recreation, and Sport, Indiana State University, and Tonya L....
By Steven E. Pachman, Esq., Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads and Kimberly L. Sachs, Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law On November 5, 2005, La Salle University’s Preston Plevretes took a massive blow to the head during a college football...
A Dutchess County (NY) jury has awarded a high school softball player $1.1 million after she was struck in the head by a metal bat during a team practice that had been moved indoors and filed suit. The incident leading to the litigation occurred on March 13,...
An alleged mistake made by a plaintiff’s attorney has led to the dismissal of a claim brought by an NFL fan, which claimed that the Kansas City Chiefs were liable for the injuries he suffered when trying to break up a fight between fans at a 2013 Chiefs game at...
(Editor’s Note: What follows is part two of a five-part exclusive series on golf cart liability, including relevant case law and analysis.) By Thomas H. Sawyer, Ed.D. Professor Emeritus, Kinesiology, Recreation, and Sport, Indiana State University, and Tonya L....
By Jeff Birren, Senior Writer The so-called NFL “painkiller” litigation began with quite a display. The case was filed in the United States Federal Court in San Francisco on May 20, 2014. Richard Dent was the first named plaintiff. The defendant was the NFL,...
A former high school football player has sued the Logan County school board for injuries he sustained during preseason football drills in the summer of 2016. Caleb E.J. McDonald filed his lawsuit against the Logan County Board of Education on June 19 in Logan Circuit...
