Hockey league not liable for criminal fight
The New York Court of Appeals has reversed decisions by both a trial court and appellate court and has held that a youth hockey league is not responsible for the criminal conduct of fans who got into a fight after a tournament game for 13-yer-olds. The Court of Appeals has held that the criminal assault on the plaintiff was not a reasonably foreseeable result of any failure to take preventive measures by the league. A spectator was injured when he attempted to break up a fight between two women following a game in which several on-ice fights had broken out among the players. The plaintiff was struck and injured by the brother of one of the women in a “melee” that occurred as he and several...
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