Assessing a Coach’s Liability for Injury to the Student-Athlete

By Robert J. Romano, Esq.   A few years back, a high school freshman basketball player at Campbell County High School in Cold Springs, Kentucky severely broke his arm during basketball practice. His parents, doing what every true red-blooded American would do, have recently sued the high school’s two basketball coaches. The suit, filed against the coaches in their official capacity as employees of the board of education, claims the coaches were negligent since they “mishandled the sit