Supreme Court Affirms Court’s Ruling that Release Shielded University from Athlete’s Lawsuit Arising from Weight Room Injury

The Supreme Court of Nebraska has affirmed the ruling of a lower court, finding in favor of Concordia University, which had been sued by a college athlete, who suffered an injury in the University’s weight room. In so ruling, the high court agreed that the waiver the student-athlete and his mother signed “was valid and enforceable and relieved the [U]niversity of liability for its ordinary negligence.” Concordia, a private institution in Nebraska, recruited Konrad Sinu (the student-athl