Appeals Court Finds Coach Who Participated in Scrimmage May Have Been Liable for Injury

A Missouri appeals court has reversed a trial court and restored a plaintiff’s claim that a head football coach and an assistant coach were liable for assault and battery when the assistant coach donned football pads and participated in a practice in which he injured the plaintiff.   In the same ruling, however, the court affirmed the finding that dismissed the claim of negligence against the two defendants.   The incident in question involved plaintiff, who on October 19, 2010, was