Court Declines To Apply Assumption of Risk Doctrine in Banned Cleat Case

A New York state trial court has refused to grant a motion for summary judgment filed by a school district and a coach in a case in which the parents of a middle school football player sued the two defendants over an injury their son suffered when an opposing player who was wearing metal cleats stepped on his hand.   The judge held specifically that a question of fact remained about whether the William Floyd Union Free School District and Coach Sean Baumiller did enough to prevent student a