Sports Liability
Sports Liability
Liability has many different definitions and many different actions can be taken to prevent someone from being liable in the world of sports. Participation in sports carries with it special risks. When you look at sporting activities such as football, baseball, tennis, and hockey it is fair to assume that they create more of a risk of injury or physical harm then other normal day activities. When you look at the injuries that occur in normal sporting events they are not usually due to the wrong doing of the other athlete participating in the sport they normally occur as a result of the normal risk that is associated with the game that is being played. Thus, liability in the world of sports is very tricky to understand and one must take all of the precautions necessary to prevent against any liability suits against them or their teams.
Generally when you hear about a liability law suits against an individual during a sporting event you most likely come across three different scenarios; First, player vs. player, 2nd spectator vs. team or sporting individual and finally medical malpractice in athletics which includes player or team vs. doctor or medical staff. These have all happened in the past years and many of the cases have been successful in court. You might now be asking your self how and why? Well, there is a general guideline and theory that is used to determine if liability can be brought up against another person. .
In player vs. player, the general rules that are used consist of three parts. First, the theory of intentional tort is looked at, this is whether or not there was unprivileged, harmful, or offensive contact by the other athlete while playing in the sporting contest, 2nd is recklessness and finally last is negligence. A great example comes to mind when thinking of the theory of player vs. player. Back in 2003/04 in a hockey match between Vancouver and Colorado in the NHL a member of the Vancouver...
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