Court Made Mistake in Not Weighing Student Athlete’s Role in His Own Death

An Indiana state appeals court has revered a trial court’s ruling because the judge mistakenly instructed a jury to disregard any role a 13-year-old student athlete may have had in his untimely death during a basketball practice.   The events leading up to the incident began on November 17, 2003, when 13-year-old Kodi Pipes blacked out and fell down during the beginning of his eighth grade basketball team practice at Clay Jr. High School. According to the court, “Kodi stood back up and