By: Dr. Anthony Rosselli — Texas A&M University — Commerce; Anthony.Rosselli@tamuc.edu FORE! Those four letters are often the only thing that alerts spectators attending golf tournaments that danger is heading their way. With professional golfers swinging...
A New York state trial court has granted summary judgment to Little League Council of New York City, Inc. and other defendants in a case in which they were sued by the parents of a 10-year old child, who was hit in the face while he was participating in a Little...
By Lindsay Kaplow, of Havkins, Rosenfeld, Ritzert & Varriale Defendants’ Middle Country Center School District, Long Island Flag Football League, Inc., and Long Island Flag Football, Inc.’s pre-answer motion to dismiss was recently granted by Justice Peter...
A New York state appeals court has affirmed the ruling of a trial court dismissing the claim of a high school basketball player, who sued his school district after he suffered an injury on the court. In so ruling, the appeals court agreed with the lower court that he...
By Carla Varriale, of Havkins Rosenfeld Ritzert & Varriale New York’s Appellate Division, First Department unanimously affirmed the summary judgment decision in Zlotnick v. New York Yankees Partnership and Major League Baseball that dismissed the personal...
(Editor’s Note: What follows is part five of a five-part exclusive series on golf cart liability, including relevant case law and analysis.) By Thomas H. Sawyer, Ed.D. Professor Emeritus, Kinesiology, Recreation, and Sport, Indiana State University, and Tonya...
(Editor’s Note: What follows is part four of a five-part exclusive series on golf cart liability, including relevant case law and analysis.) By Thomas H. Sawyer, Ed.D. Professor Emeritus, Kinesiology, Recreation, and Sport, Indiana State University, and Tonya...
By Carla Varriale of Havkins Rosenfeld Ritzert & Varriale In Siegel v. Albertus Magnus High School et al., the issues on appeal involved the application of assumption of the risk to the facts of the case, and whether contractual indemnity should have been...
The Supreme Court of Iowa has reversed, in part, the finding of a jury that a high school was liable for an injury that occurred when a foul ball struck a baseball player, who was standing in the dugout. While concluding that the high school “owed a duty of...
A New York state appeals court has reversed a trial court and granted summary judgment to a school district, which had been sued by a high school baseball player after he was struck in the face by a baseball after he unsuccessfully attempted to field a ground ball...
By Carla Varriale The plaintiff alleged that she sustained personal injuries on August 30, 2012 while a patron of Splish Splash water park and was caused to slip and fall and sustain a serious injury due to an “on rush of a massive crowd of riotous patrons as...
By Ed Edmonds On November 16, 2016, United States District Court Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers of the Northern District of California dismissed a class action lawsuit against Major League Baseball, the Office of the Commissioner of Baseball, and Commissioner Rob...
