A California state appeals court had affirmed a trial court’s ruling that dismissed the claim of a dirt bike rider, who sued another rider, her fiancé, for negligence after she suffered a devastating injury. In so ruling, the court relied upon the assumption of risk...
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...
A California state appeals has revered a trial court and found that the assumption of risk doctrine should not have barred the claim of a high school cheerleader, who suffered a concussion when she was asked to perform a complicated acrobatic stunt on an allegedly...
The Wake County (NC) school system has reached a settlement with the family of a Rolesville High School (RHS) football player, who died after sustaining a head injury in a 2014 football practice. Tim Simmons, a system spokesperson, confirmed that “all four...
The family of Aaron Hernandez has re-filed a lawsuit against the NFL and Riddell, claiming the defendants knew about the relationship between CTE and football as far back as the 1960s, but intentionally kept that information from Hernandez and other players. ...
One former and two current Bellevue High School (BHS) students filed a lawsuit against Bellevue School District (BSD) and the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA). They allege, in a complaint filed in King County Superior Court, that the...
By Scott A. Andresen, Esq. “Major League Baseball prides itself on providing fans in our ballparks with unparalleled proximity and access to our players and the game taking place on the field. At the same time, it is important that fans have the option to...
A federal judge in California has ruled that the negligence and fraud claims brought by parents suing Pop Warner Little Scholars Inc. (PWLS) can continue. While the court sided with the plaintiffs on their allegations that the nonprofit football group...
The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania has rejected the appeal of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association, Inc. (PIAA), which had sought to overturn a trial court’s decision to deny its motion to dismiss a negligence lawsuit brought by several former...
A Worcester, Mass. youth football coach, who also happens to be a personal injury lawyer, has been suspended after allegedly reinserting a player who had suffered a head injury back in a game even though he had not been cleared by EMTs. And the coach is not...
The mother of a high school football player in the state of Oklahoma has sued a pediatrician, alleging that he released her son “to play contact sports without further evaluation,” leading to a more serious brain injury. Plaintiff Jennifer Thomas is the mother...
By Brandon Matsnev, Temple University Beasley School of Law One typically does not have a duty to save a man drowning in a river. However, if the observer begins a rescue—whether it’s throwing the man a rope, swimming out to save him, or even calling...
