By Carla Varriale-Barker A New Jersey Appellate Court recently enforced an arbitration clause in two participant injury cases involving Sky Zone and other defendants. In doing so, the court highlighted sound contract drafting principles. Both cases involved...
By Loren K. Peck[1] Accidents happen. When they do, injuries may become symptomatic immediately or manifest months later. Insurance coverage often depends on whether injuries can be attributed to a particular accident. Litigators attempting to prove causation...
With Major League Baseball’s World Series well under way, the plaintiffs law firm Hagens Berman has filed an amended lawsuit against the commissioner of Major League Baseball (MLB) Rob Manfred, and all 30 MLB teams on behalf of “fans fearful of being injured by foul...
With Major League Baseball’s World Series well under way, the plaintiffs law firm Hagens Berman has filed an amended lawsuit against the commissioner of Major League Baseball (MLB) Rob Manfred, and all 30 MLB teams on behalf of “fans fearful of being injured by foul...
Last fall, David Bressman of Bressman Law, a personal injury firm in Columbus, OH, got creative. In an effort “to heighten public awareness of the challenges American youth face following traumatic brain injuries,” he began offering a $1,000 scholarship to...
A Canadian man who suffered a concussion while competing in a game in a no-contact hockey league has sued the opposing player who caused the injury as well as the two referees who worked the game. Plaintiff Hugo Bergeron was playing for the New Age Drilling...
A New York state court judge has granted summary judgment to a youth sports organization, which was sued after a nine-year-old boy suffered an injury while horseplaying on a Lacrosse goal, which fell on top of him. Specifically, the court found that the school...
By Paul Anderson, Esq. ImPACT[12] is used by the big four professional sporting leagues, colleges and thousands of schools across the country. ImPACT dominates the market when it comes to sideline assessment and concussion evaluation. In fact, it has become so...
A New York state court judge has dismissed the personal injury claim of a high school student, who alleged that a physical education teacher’s participation in a game of field hockey contributed to injuries he suffered. In so ruling, the court found specifically that...
By Carla Varriale, Esq.[1] On September 7, 2012, the Texas Review of Entertainment and Sports Law (“TRESL”) hosted its Fall 2012 Symposium at The University of Texas School of Law. The Symposium, entitled “The Dark Side of Sports and...
By Carla Varriale, Esq.[1] On September 7, 2012, the Texas Review of Entertainment and Sports Law (“TRESL”) hosted its Fall 2012 Symposium at The University of Texas School of Law. The Symposium, entitled “The Dark Side of Sports and...
By Benjamin Haynes, Esq. Beverly Morgan is a 66-year-old woman residing in Lincoln, Nebraska. She recently brought a lawsuit through attorney Robert Kinsey against the Bo Pelini Foundation (Bo Pelini is the Head Football Coach at the University of Nebraska)....