Appeals Court: Judge Failed to Consider All Facts in Negligence Case Involving Football Player
An Illinois appeals court has reversed and remanded the decision of a trial court, delivering a victory to a high school football player, who sued a school district for negligence after he was injured during a football camp, allegedly, because of the negligence of the school district.
On July 26, 2006, plaintiff Gene Peters was participating in a summer football camp sponsored by the defendants, Herrin Community Unit School District No. 4 and the Board of Education of Herrin Community Uni