A federal judge from the Eastern District of North Carolina has granted the U.S. Federal Government’s motion to dismiss in a case in which it, along with United States Amateur Boxing (USAB), was sued by the family of boxer, who died in competition while competing for...
An Illinois state appeals court has affirmed a lower court’s ruling for the Chicago White Sox and several of its security officers, who were sued by a spectator at a baseball game after an altercation. In sum, the court found the trial court properly granted...
A Connecticut state court judge has checked a hockey mom into the glass, dismissing her lawsuit, which claimed that another mom assaulted her after she confronted the defendant’s son for roughing up her own son. The court ruled specifically that the plaintiff...
A California appeals court has reversed a lower court and held that a student athlete who sued a school district under the Tort Claims Act after she was allegedly molested by a coach “satisfied the procedural prerequisite, prior to filing suit, of presenting a claim...
A panel of judges with the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a trial court’s decision to dismiss the claim of a woman, who was injured while sledding on a snow-covered sand dune in the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. Like the district court, the...
By James Landry A growing concern for sport managers and other administrators is the increased violence between players on the field of play. Athlete versus athlete violence during play has always been a complicated area for prosecution because it is difficult...
A senior district judge from the Northern District of Mississippi has dismissed the claim of a golfer, who had sued the U.S. Federal Government, which owns the Whispering Pines Golf Course at Columbus Air Force Base, after he suffered an injury while participating in...
A plaintiff, who claims a coach verbally abused her, will likely appeal a New Jersey state judge’s decision last month to overturn a $1.5 million jury award. Jennifer Besler, a former student-athlete at West Windsor-Plainsboro High School was awarded $1.47 on...
