Court: Injured Spectator Cannot Ignore Defendants’ ‘Alternative’ Defenses in Reply

A spectator, who sued after she stepped into a pole vault hole at a youth football game, has lost for a second time after appealing the legal defeat she suffered at the hands of a trial court. Specifically, the Wisconsin appeals court held for the defendants after finding that the plaintiff failed to respond to the “alternative” defenses put forth by the defendants.   Plaintiff Constance Kropp claimed she suffered “serious injuries” after stepping into the hole, which had not been �