More Than a Scraped Knee: When Blacktop Injuries Lead to Liability

By Taylor M. Nelson & Michael S. Carroll For many adults, childhood memories include pickup football games on blacktop courts, scraped knees, bruised elbows, and being told to walk it off. Hard surfaces were once viewed as a normal part of growing up, and injuries were often dismissed as minor rites of passage. Today, some may characterize increased safety precautions as “soft,” but evolving medical knowledge surrounding head trauma tells a different story. A recently filed lawsuit again