Court Examines Whether School District Assumed Duty of Care by Allowing Student Athlete to Drive to Event

By John T. Wendt   The Blake School is a private high school in Minneapolis. In 2011, the high school sponsored a cross country team that participated in interscholastic meets governed by the Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL). The high school employed a head coach and a part-time assistant coach for the cross country team. One week after the end of the MSHSL cross country season, Nike Inc. hosted the Nike Cross Nationals Heartland Regional cross-country meet in Sioux Falls, S.D. Se