Potential Expansion of Athletic Programs’ Duty of Care to Student-Athletes and New Limitations to Waivers of Liability: Lessons Learned from Feleccia v. Lackawanna College

By Brian G. Remondino, Esq., Dylan F. Henry, Esq., and Kimberly L. Sachs, Esq.   A recent Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision has the possibility of expanding athletic programs’ duty of care to student-athletes and limiting the protection provided by waivers of liability. In Feleccia v. Lackawanna College, student-athletes injured during a football practice sued Lackawanna College because the two individuals who were hired to serve as athletic trainers did not have the required state lice