Court Finds that Coach Injured in Sideline Collision Was Careless
A Wisconsin state appeals court has affirmed the ruling of a trial court, which found that a football coach was more than 50 percent responsible for an injury he suffered when he was blind-sided during a football game.
The ruling was interesting because the court extended the applicability of the state’s so-called “baseball rule,” which ordinarily only includes spectators, to include coaches.
The incident occurred on a day when six youth football teams were staging an exhibit
