Injuries in sports are common, especially in contact sports such as football, rugby or ice hockey. But when can a player sue another player for a personal injury sustained during the course of a game? On Dec. 2, 2019, a three-judge panel of the Massachusetts Court of Appeals ruled in…
We usually think of personal injury lawsuits as coming to fruition based on accidents or behavior that the victim could not have predicted. However, there are times where violent or dangerous sports – where you know you will be injured – can create personal injury lawsuits. Usually, what you cannot…
Injuries arising from sports-related activities are generally compensable only under certain circumstances. The reason is because sports are often inherently considered risky, and athletes and participants assume some level of that risk when they agree to engage. Generally, if a sports-related injury involves some type of recklessness or intention to…
According to a recent article from CBS Boston, a hot air balloon crashed into power lines in Clinton, Massachusetts. Witnesses saw the hot air balloon flying extremely low over their neighborhood when it flew into power lines and caught fire. There were five or six passengers in the balloon who…
In Donahue v. Ledgends, Inc., an appeal argued in the Supreme Court of Alaska, a woman broke her tibia during a class at a rock climbing gym. According to court records, she fell about four feet from a bouldering wall and broke her leg. The gym required her to read…
Over the last two years, the media has widely covered litigation involving NFL injuries and wrongful death involving repeat head injuries over the course of a career. These players have suffered serious and permanent brain injury, resulting in loss of cognition, memory loss, loss of motor skills, and other defects.…
During the 2010-2011 school year, almost 3,000 middle and high school students in Massachusetts suffered a head injury, such as a concussion, while playing sports. That was according to a first-of-its-kind survey released late last year. Now, our Boston personal injury attorneys understand that a man who used to be…
Recently, our sport’s injury attorneys published an article: “Boston youth sport rules aimed to prevent sporting injuries in kids.” These rules are being put into place because of the known dangers of sports injuries, especially concussions. Unfortunately, as more and more evidence comes to light about how dangerous sports injuries…
Massachusetts has some new concussion guidelines. The laws are just now taking effect although they were passed back in 2010. The new guidelines were developed by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and work to help parents, guardians, coaches and all others who are involved in child athletics to recognize,…
Boston sports injuries can have serious implications for pro athletes and even children who are just beginning to learn the game. It’s worse than just stitches and casts, which athletes sometimes wear as a badge of honor. It’s an issue our Boston sports injuries attorneys take very seriously. Boston Personal…