Dec 18, 2020
A magistrate judge from The Northern District of California has handed a victory to a former NFL player, who had challenged the decision of the Retirement Board of the Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle NFL Player Retirement Plan (Plan), which denied him total and permanent...
Dec 18, 2020
By Jeff Birren, Senior Writer Steven Montador played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for 11 years. He suffered a number of concussions and passed away two years after he retired. His Estate filed a lawsuit against the NHL that asserted a number of tort...
Dec 18, 2020
By Mailise Marks, of Segal McCambridge In a recent reported Appeals Court opinion, Massachusetts extended the recklessness standard of care to apply equally to practices as athletic games, even in noncontact sports. The facts of the case are simple, plaintiff Brandt,...
Dec 18, 2020
By Tim LaComb, of MoginRubin LLP (Editor’s note: In October, a federal judge from the Eastern District of Michigan granted the plaintiff’s motion to amend the lawsuit. This article examines the claims made in the litigation.) Mayfield Athletics, maker of a football...
Dec 18, 2020
A New York state appeals court has reversed a trial court, reasoning that the doctrine of the assumption of the risk applied in a case involving a man who hurt himself during a round of golf and subsequently sued the golf course to recover damages. Jeffrey D. Conrad...
