Appeals Court Revives Negligence Claim against NCAA

An Indiana state appeals court has reversed a lower court’s grant of summary judgment to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), after finding that the lower court should have given plaintiff more time to oppose the NCAA’s motion for summary judgment on her negligence claim.   The plaintiff in the case was Lydia Lanni. Lanni suffered a severe injury when she was struck in the eye by a fencing saber while watching what she alleged was an NCAA-sanctioned fencing match at the