Riddell has prevailed in a week-long trial as a jury in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi unanimously ruled in favor of a football helmet manufacturer in a case that challenged the protective qualities of Riddell’s football...
A New Jersey state court judge has granted the motion of defendants MacGregor Sporting Goods and Riddell Sports, Inc. to bar the report of a plaintiff ‘s expert witness on the grounds that the report had no basis in fact. However, the court denied their motion...
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...
By Cadie Carroll, Staff Writer, Sports Litigation Alert With football season under way and concussions remaining a hot topic for safety reasons, many athletes, coaches, schools, teams, and leagues have already started looking to manufacturers for a way to...
By Cadie Carroll, Staff Writer, Sports Litigation Alert With football season under way and concussions remaining a hot topic for safety reasons, many athletes, coaches, schools, teams, and leagues have already started looking to manufacturers for a way to...
Cybex International, Inc., a leading manufacturer of exercise equipment, announced earlier this month that it has reached a settlement in the product liability litigation, Barnhard v. Cybex International, Inc. As part of the settlement, Cybex will pay...
A federal judge from the Western District of New York has granted an exercise equipment manufacturer’s motion for summary judgment, effectively dismissing the cross-claims of a reseller of fitness equipment for contribution and indemnity. On May 16, 2004,...
A jury in New York state had found Cybex International Inc. responsible for $65.9 million in damages to a woman, Natalie M. Barnhard, who was paralyzed in a freak accident involving a leg extension machine manufactured by Cybex. In a statement issued shortly...
A federal judge has compelled arbitration in a case in which a minor league professional baseball player in the Baltimore Orioles’ organization sued a host of defendants after being struck in the head during a baseball game. In so ruling, the court found...
A federal judge has compelled arbitration in a case in which a minor league professional baseball player in the Baltimore Orioles’ organization sued a host of defendants after being struck in the head during a baseball game. In so ruling, the court found...
Attorneys representing the Sacramento Kings have claimed that the manufacturer and distributor of an exercise ball are liable for an accident that caused one of its star players to miss playing time last season. Kings guard-forward Francisco Garcia was lifting...
Attorneys representing the Sacramento Kings have claimed that the manufacturer and distributor of an exercise ball are liable for an accident that caused one of its star players to miss playing time last season. Kings guard-forward Francisco Garcia was lifting...
