Court Denies School District’s Motion for Summary Judgment

A Pennsylvania state court judge has denied a school district’s motion for summary judgment in a case where a student-athlete sued the district after he stepped in a hole on the football field and injured his knee.   Specifically, Judge Joseph Augello found that a determination whether the field’s maintenance was the cause of the injury and how much knowledge the district had about condition of the field prior to the injury were decisions better left to a jury.   The incident occur