New Jersey’s Highest Court Applies Limited Duty of Care in Hockey Spectator Injury Case

Arguments Regarding Warm-Up Activities and Duty to Warn Rejected   By Carla Varriale, Esq.   In 2003, Denise Sciarrotta attended a professional hockey game at the Sovereign Bank Arena in Trenton, New Jersey. Her seat was located six or seven rows from the ice and above the Plexiglas barrier mounted on the sideboards. The area in which she was sitting was not protected by the netting which extended above the Plexiglas. During the pre-game warm-up period, when each team used as many as t