Court Sides with Woman, Leaving NFL with Work to Do

A state court judge has denied the NFL’s motion for summary judgment in a case in which the league was sued by a fan for the actions of an independent contractor.   Margaret Watters, a 59-year-old Massachusetts woman, was participating in a contest put on by the league, which solicited ideas from football fans about the best “Super Bowl Commercial Ever.”   Accordingly, she drove to Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey on November 16, 2006, to submit her idea.   “