Power Lifter’s Claim Revived Because of Faulty Instruction to Spotters

A Maryland state appeals court has reversed in part a ruling by a trial court, which had found that a powerlifter, who was injured during a competition, assumed the risk of injury.   Specifically, the court found that the spotters had been given faulty instruction, of which the powerlifter was not aware. He therefore could not have assumed that risk.   The incident occurred on November 8, 2003 when the plaintiff was attempting to bench press 530 pounds in the 2003 Southern Maryland Ope