Court Deals Blow to USA Gymnastics, Other Defendants, in Wrongful Death Case

A federal judge in the Eastern District of Tennessee has denied a motion for summary judgment brought by USA Gymnastics, United States Gymnastics Federation and other defendants, finding that the parents of a gymnast, who died while competing in a competition, did not forgo their rights to sue the defendants when they signed a waiver.   The accident in question occurred on January 17, 2004 during the John Macready Flip Fest Invitational in Knoxville, Tennessee. Gymnast Jordan Bonne was comp