Exertional Rhabdomyolysis – a Legal Analysis
By JoAnn M. Eickhoff-Shemek, PhD, FACSM
This article is an excerpt from the new, ground-breaking textbook -- Law for Fitness Managers and Exercise Professionals by JoAnn M. Eickhoff-Shemek, PhD, Barbara J. Zabawa, JD, MPH, and Paul R. Fenaroli, JD. This excerpt, edited for this newsletter, is from Chapter 8. This chapter focuses on negligent instruction and supervision and describes many lawsuits that have occurred in fitness programs including (a) personal training, (b) group exercise, (c) y