Soccer Mom Fails to Show School Had Surrendered Immunity Doctrine

A Connecticut state court has granted summary judgment to a municipality, which was sued when a soccer player injured himself by stepping in a hole on the field, ruling that it is shielded by governmental immunity from a lawsuit filed by the plaintiff’s parent.  ...

School District Did Enough to Thwart Athlete’s Title IX Claim

A federal judge from the District of Arizona has granted a defendant school district’s motion for a summary judgment in a case involving a plaintiff student athlete, who alleged that she was retaliated against in violation of Title IX when she told school officials...

Michigan State Garners Immunity in Hockey Puck Case

A Michigan state appeals court has handed Michigan State University a full victory in a case in which it was sued after a spectator was struck in the head by a hockey puck at an MSU hockey game.   First, the court agreed with the school and affirmed a trial...

Court Finds Immunity Shields CMU, Athletic Department Officials

A federal judge from the Eastern District of Michigan has dismissed a lawsuit brought by a student-athlete, who claimed she was run off the Central Michigan University basketball team because she was heterosexual.   In so ruling, the court found that the school...

Massachusetts High Court Affirms Ruling for Soccer Association

The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts has affirmed a lower court’s ruling that a soccer association, which was sued after a freak injury on the field, was shielded from the negligence lawsuit by a state law that confers immunity on such associations.   The...

Federal Appeals Court Sides with Coaches in Wrongful Death Case

The 11th U.S, Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a trial court, finding that three high school football coaches were entitled to qualified immunity in a case in which the coaches subjected the plaintiff to rigorous drills the day before he collapsed and died....

Federal Appeals Court Sides with Coaches in Wrongful Death Case

The 11th U.S, Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a trial court, finding that three high school football coaches were entitled to qualified immunity in a case in which the coaches subjected the plaintiff to rigorous drills the day before he collapsed and died....

Appeals Court Upends Finding for Coach in Breach of Contract Case

A Texas state appeals court has reversed a trial court, which had found for a football coach who sued for breach of contract after he was suspended in connection with a hazing incident.   In reversing, the appellate court rejected plaintiff Damon Gracia’s...

Court Affirms that Coach Was Protected by Governmental Immunity

The Alabama Supreme Court has affirmed a lower court’s decision to grant summary judgment to a track coach, who was sued after he told the plaintiff to compete in an event she had never competed in, the high jump, and she became injured.   Like the trial judge,...

School District Is Protected From Suit in Stadium Mishap

A Texas state appeals court has affirmed that a school district should not be held liable for an accident a spectator suffered when she fell and broke her leg at the district’s stadium during a football game.   The court specifically concluded that the fact that...

Board Loses Appeal Involving Immunity and Cheerleading Injury

A North Carolina Court of Appeals has affirmed a trial court’s ruling that a school district, which was sued after a cheerleader fell during the performance of a stunt, did not waive its governmental immunity up to limits contained in an insurance coverage agreement....