Comments on: Should On-Field Violence Evade the Law? http://www.sportsagentblog.com/2007/12/07/should-on-field-violence-evade-the-law/ Sports Business, Sports Law, Sports Negotiations, NCAA Rules Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: What I read this week. | Sports Business Digest http://www.sportsagentblog.com/2007/12/07/should-on-field-violence-evade-the-law/#comment-58442 What I read this week. | Sports Business Digest Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:46:28 +0000 http://www.sportsagentblog.com/?p=883#comment-58442 [...] good post over at Sports Agent Blog, dealing with violence in sports and whether or not on-field violence should evade legal action.  [...] [...] good post over at Sports Agent Blog, dealing with violence in sports and whether or not on-field violence should evade legal action.  [...]

]]> By: Lawrence Dushenski http://www.sportsagentblog.com/2007/12/07/should-on-field-violence-evade-the-law/#comment-58279 Lawrence Dushenski Fri, 07 Dec 2007 21:21:50 +0000 http://www.sportsagentblog.com/?p=883#comment-58279 http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=224614&hubname= He is seeking $15 million from Bertuzzi, the Canucks and their parent company at the time, Orcay Bay Ltd. http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=224614&hubname=

He is seeking $15 million from Bertuzzi, the Canucks and their parent company at the time, Orcay Bay Ltd.

]]> By: Jason Wulterkens http://www.sportsagentblog.com/2007/12/07/should-on-field-violence-evade-the-law/#comment-58268 Jason Wulterkens Fri, 07 Dec 2007 19:20:59 +0000 http://www.sportsagentblog.com/?p=883#comment-58268 Seeking from whom? Bertuzzi, Crawford, the Canucks, the NHL? That's interesting. Bertuzzi will then claim the infamous Nuremberg defense (that Crawford ordered him to do it) which generally doesn't really work in the courtroom. Seeking from whom? Bertuzzi, Crawford, the Canucks, the NHL? That’s interesting. Bertuzzi will then claim the infamous Nuremberg defense (that Crawford ordered him to do it) which generally doesn’t really work in the courtroom.

]]> By: Lawrence http://www.sportsagentblog.com/2007/12/07/should-on-field-violence-evade-the-law/#comment-58259 Lawrence Fri, 07 Dec 2007 18:57:13 +0000 http://www.sportsagentblog.com/?p=883#comment-58259 With the most recent allegations coming out that Canucks coach Marc Crawford "ordered" the attack on Moore, Moore is now seeking upwards of $30million in damages. With the most recent allegations coming out that Canucks coach Marc Crawford “ordered” the attack on Moore, Moore is now seeking upwards of $30million in damages.

]]> By: Emmett Jones http://www.sportsagentblog.com/2007/12/07/should-on-field-violence-evade-the-law/#comment-58250 Emmett Jones Fri, 07 Dec 2007 17:02:30 +0000 http://www.sportsagentblog.com/?p=883#comment-58250 The Contact Sports Exception 1. Both plaintiff and defendant are engaged in a sport (namely that they are willing to adhere to the rules of that sport and accept any bodily contact which naturally occurs in that sport; and that 2. The sport in question is a contact sport, in the sense that the kind of bodily that occurred between the plaintiff and defendant is naturally occurring contact; and 3. The defendant’s conduct did not constitute intentional misconduct or reckless disregard for the safety of the plaintiff, but that it was no more than mere negligence or less. Some other cases you might want to check out Babych v. McRae, 41 Conn. Supp. 280 Mangone v. Pickering, 6 Mass. L. Rep. 677 The contact sports exception is the majority standard, although some courts will just apply a negligence standard...Yeah, I wrote a 20 page research paper on this topic. @Jason: As far as the Bertuzzi/Moore case, I'm pretty sure that it didn't go to trial, but I don't remember if Moore actually never brought suit, or if they settled The Contact Sports Exception
1. Both plaintiff and defendant are engaged in a sport (namely that they are willing to adhere to the rules of that sport and accept any bodily contact which naturally occurs in that sport; and that
2. The sport in question is a contact sport, in the sense that the kind of bodily that occurred between the plaintiff and defendant is naturally occurring contact; and
3. The defendant’s conduct did not constitute intentional misconduct or reckless disregard for the safety of the plaintiff, but that it was no more than mere negligence or less.

Some other cases you might want to check out
Babych v. McRae, 41 Conn. Supp. 280
Mangone v. Pickering, 6 Mass. L. Rep. 677

The contact sports exception is the majority standard, although some courts will just apply a negligence standard…Yeah, I wrote a 20 page research paper on this topic.

@Jason: As far as the Bertuzzi/Moore case, I’m pretty sure that it didn’t go to trial, but I don’t remember if Moore actually never brought suit, or if they settled

]]> By: Jason Wulterkens http://www.sportsagentblog.com/2007/12/07/should-on-field-violence-evade-the-law/#comment-58243 Jason Wulterkens Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:02:47 +0000 http://www.sportsagentblog.com/?p=883#comment-58243 Whatever happened with the Todd Bertuzzi case here? Whatever happened with the Todd Bertuzzi case here?

]]> By: Darren Heitner http://www.sportsagentblog.com/2007/12/07/should-on-field-violence-evade-the-law/#comment-58233 Darren Heitner Fri, 07 Dec 2007 14:00:09 +0000 http://www.sportsagentblog.com/?p=883#comment-58233 Nothing like a Hackbart reference a couple hours before my Torts final! :) Nothing like a Hackbart reference a couple hours before my Torts final! :)

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