Question About Track Coach’s Failure to Instruct Trips School District

Jan 4, 2008

A New York State appeals court has affirmed the ruling of a trial court, finding that a plaintiff student-athlete sufficiently raised triable issues of fact as to whether his track coach adequately trained and supervised the plaintiff during track practice and whether that failure to adequately train unreasonably increased the risk of injury to the plaintiff.   Plaintiff Scott Morales, a high school student and novice hurdler, was injured when he fell over a hurdle during a track practice c
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