Boys Will Be Boys….New Jersey Appeals Court Weighs in Youth Sports Injury Case of First Impression

By Carla Varriale, of Havkins, Rosenfeld, Ritzert & Varriale   New Jersey's appeals court has ruled that an eleven-year-old boy cannot be held responsible for breaking an opposing player's arm during a collision at a Burlington County recreational lacrosse game. C.J.R. v. G.A., (Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division Docket No. A-2771-13T3) is a case of first impression and New Jersey’s first recorded opinion analyzing the potential liability of a minor who injures another minor