By Doyice Cotten
In this wrongful death case, Nicholas Blakely, a football player at Stetson University, died and his estate entered a wrongful death suit. (The Estate of Nicholas Adam Blakely v. Stetson University, Inc.,
By Doyice Cotten
Nicholas Blakely played varsity football for Stetson University. One day, he removed himself from practice complaining that he did not feel well. He was examined by a student trainer and told to stay in the shade.
By Doyice J. Cotten
The case used in this post is a California case (Brown v. El Dorado Union High School District, 2022) and applies California waiver law. Laws in many states may differ substantially,
By Doyice Cotten
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court (Tayer v. Camelback Ski Corporation, Inc., 2012) addressed the issue of the
enforceability of waivers when the act in question was recklessness;
By Doyice Cotten
We have all read about the University of Maryland football player, Jordan McNair, who collapsed in a May football practice and his tragic death about two weeks later. Dr. Rod Walters was hired to investigate the event,
By Doyice Cotten
Mileto and dozens of other players were taking part in a summer football camp on school grounds that was run by the Sachem East coaches and funded by a boosters group, the Sachem East Touchdown Club.
On countless occasions, this author has stressed two points. First, is the value (or even necessity) of including specific reference to the “negligence of the provider” in the exculpatory language of a waiver.
