Court Finds Assault Must Be Intentional for Hockey Mom Plaintiff to Win

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 “has failed to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant is liable for intentionally assaulting her.”   “This case arises from two mothers dispensing with the time-honored notion of playground justice a