Flag-Football Belt Manufacturer Gets Relief from $1.6 Million Jury Verdict

A New York state court has granted a motion for judgment to a company that makes flag-football belts, which was sued after a participant caught her finger in the eyelet that the flag attaches to.   The ruling reversed a jury’s finding that the flag-football belt was defectively designed and the subsequent $1.6 million jury verdict.   The decision was based primarily on the fact that neither party could find that any similar such injuries had occurred in the 50 years and countless gam