Personal Injury & Torts
Aug. 4, 2000
Inherent Risk
By Michael Paul Thomas and Mitchell L. Leverett. Inherent Risk Recent Sports-Injury Decisions Deal With Duty Issue As the assumption of the risk defense raises the issue of duty, it is particularly well-suited for adjudication on a motion for summary judgment.
By Michael Paul Thomas and Mitchell L. Leverett
Where a plaintiff is injured on property while involved in a sporting activity - be it a planned and formal sporting activity like golf or an impromptu and free-flowing sporting activity like skateboarding - one of the most potent defenses available to the defendant landowner is the doctrine of primary assumpt...
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