Municipality and Football League Shielded from Fan’s Suit

A New Jersey state appeals court has affirmed a lower court’s summary judgment ruling against a woman who slipped and fell down an embankment as she tried to get to a concession stand during a youth football game.   In ruling for defendants Township of Bridgewater (Bridgewater) and the Bridgewater Football League (BFL), the court found that the embankment was “part of an approved plan or design,” triggering immunity for the municipality and that the BFL “did not have authority or co