Sports Torts And Courts
June, 1979
The courts are becoming increasingly concerned with legal liability involving sports' participants and spectators. The law imposes liability in sports under a general rule of "reasonableness." You may find that while skiing, playing golf or racquetball, swimming or watching a hockey game, the law is there to protect or indemnify you or, if you're not so lucky, to make you pay big money for the consequences of your negligence. A lawyer experienced in negligence litigation would be in th...