Apr 9, 2021
By Jeff Birren, Senior Writer In 2014, Christian Acevedo went to Madison Square Garden with the intent of watching the U.S. national men’s basketball team play the Dominican Republic. According to Acevedo, after he entered, he was told to go straight...
Oct 25, 2019
With the increased emphasis on training and the benefits it can bring to the modern-day athlete, it is no wonder that the athlete is spending more and more time in training facilities seeking to maximize his or her potential. However, there is danger lurking in...
Sep 27, 2019
By William J. Robers, of Sparks Willson, P.C. Former Baltimore Orioles draftee and Delmarva Shorebirds shortstop Jared Breen has sued the owner of the Shorebirds, 7th Inning Stretch, LP (“7th Inning Stretch”) and Wicomico County, Maryland (owner of the Arthur...
Sep 13, 2019
By Carla Varriale, Esq. A New York state court granted summary judgment to a group of defendants, including the owners of New York Mets, in a negligence action brought by a spectator who tripped and fell over what is commonly referred to as a “yellow jacket” or...
Aug 2, 2019
By Dr. John Miller Around midnight on June 9, 2011, after a National Hockey League Boston Bruins game, Yvonne Grenier (hereafter referred to as the plaintiff), employed by NBC Universal as an independent contractor and stage manager, fell down approximately 10...
Jan 19, 2018
In many western countries, public concern about violence and other problems at sporting events has increased. Alcohol is often involved. Research shows that approximately 40 percent of the spectators drink alcohol while attending U.S. baseball and football...
Apr 14, 2017
By Dan Ballou In today’s sport era, heightened levels of research and medical attention have been focused on head trauma and concussions in contact sports. Much of this attention has been focused, and deservedly so, on the game of football, which is arguably...
May 29, 2015
A federal judge from the Southern District of Ohio provided some relief to a participant in a basketball game, who sued an indoor sports facility after he became injured in a freak accident. Dalton McGue, 17, injured his leg at the Kingdom Sports Center, Inc....
Jun 13, 2014
By Rob Harris, of Golfdisputeresolution.com A New York appellate court in Rose v. Tee-Bird Golf Club,Inc., has held that a golf facility could be held liable for a golfer injured in a cart accident, when the carts tires were worn. As the court explained:...
Oct 18, 2013
A state court judge in New Jersey has held that Rutgers University is not liable for a slip-n-fall incident that occurred after a football game, since the injured fan veered away from the sidewalk leading from the stadium. In sum, it held that state law mandates that...
Dec 2, 2011
A federal judge from the District of New Hampshire has granted a golf cart manufacturer’s motion to compel discovery of past reports developed by an expert for a plaintiff, who is suing the manufacturer as well as the track where the accident occurred. Melissa...
Dec 31, 2010
A New York state appeals court has declined to issue severe sanctions upon a school district that replaced the railings of its bleachers, which was a key piece of evidence in a plaintiff’s premises liability action against the school district. The plaintiff,...
