Abstract
This comment analyzes violence in the major professional sports of football, hockey, basketball, and baseball and the inability of the internal control systems of the various sports leagues to adequately control incidents of excessive violence. Judicial redress should be available for injuries resulting from acts committed outside of the rules of the game. The possible theories of recovery and applicable defenses to liability will be analyzed. Criminal liability also will be considered along with recently proposed congressional bills which advocate civil and criminal penalties for excessively violent acts in professional sports.
Recommended Citation
Carrol, John F.
(1983)
"Torts in Sports - "I'll See You In Court!","
Akron Law Review: Vol. 16:
Iss.
3, Article 7.
Available at:
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