A federal judge has granted summary judgment to the Board of Regents of the University of California, Davis as well as several individual defendants, effectively scuttling the claim of several female wrestlers who believed they were discriminated against on the basis...
By Daniel B. Fitzgerald* In NPS, LLC v. Minihane, 451 Mass. 417 (2008), the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decided a case that could have serious ramifications for seat license holders around the National Football League (NFL) and in other professional...
There are now two plaintiffs charging that Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) retaliated against them when they spoke up about alleged gender inequities within the university’s athletic program. Holly Vaughn, the former women’s golf coach at FGCU,...
What Athletes and Their Agents Should Know About League, Team Or Owner-Sponsored Group Insurance Plans By Frank N. Darras* It’s easy for college athletes to get caught up in the excitement of becoming a professional athlete. But with all the...
The Detroit Tigers picked up a significant victory off the field this spring when a state appeals court affirmed a judge’s ruling that a pitcher’s claim that the club was responsible for his injury was effectively barred by a combination of statutes and laws. ...
The Nevada Supreme Court ruled in April that the “limited duty” rule applied to the corporate owner of a professional baseball team, shielding it from spectator, who sued after she was hit by a foul ball. In a 4-3 decision, the high court rejected the appeal of...
At a glance, it seemed odd that Don Fehr, the long-time leader of the Major League Baseball Players Association would be introducing Donna Lopiano Ph.D. for the Sports Lawyers Association’s highest honor at the SLA conference in San Francisco last month. But...
An Alabama state court judge has granted the NCAA’s motion for a new trial, throwing out a $5 million verdict that a jury awarded to a University of Alabama booster in a defamation case. A Jackson County jury awarded plaintiff Ray Keller $5 million on Nov. 29,...
A federal judge in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has granted a youth sports association’s motion for summary judgment in a case where the disgruntled parent of a 12-year-old boy sued the association on state and federal Constitutional grounds for not allowing...
A Georgia state appeals court has affirmed the ruling of a lower court, which granted summary judgment to an athletic trainer, who had been sued for medical malpractice by a player on the Atlanta Hawks basketball team. In so ruling, the court found that the...
