Appeals Court Finds for High School District After Football Player Suffers Freak Injury

Jun 21, 2019

A New York state appeals court has reversed a trial court and found that the lower court misapplied the doctrine of primary assumption of the risk when it denied a school district’s motion for summary judgment in a case in which a high school football player sued the district after he suffered a freak injury to his foot during a practice.   In so ruling, the appeals court noted that the plaintiff “failed to raise a triable issue of fact regarding whether the defendant's alleged negligen
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