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SC Supreme Court Rules Softball Contact SportIn March 2004, Jeff Wagner left work and joined a father-son pickup softball game during a Boy Scout camping trip. During the game Wagner and another father, David Cole collided which left Wagner with a broken rib. Cole suffered a head wound, went into convulsions, then spent a couple of days in intensive care. Personal distress and injury led Cole and his son to sue the church, the Boy Scouts and Wagner. “While Cole was playing a casual game in which the teams did not even keep score, he was still playing softball, which is a contact sport,” the SC Supreme Court wrote in Monday’s opinion. “Where a person chooses to participate in a contact sport, whatever the level of play, he assumes the risks inherent in that sport.” Source: Insurance Journal 2011 Court Rules Cheerleading Is Contact SportThe Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that a cheerleader who was dropped by her male teammate can’t sue the male teammate under state law. Wisconsin has a state law the prevents participants in contact sports from suing other potentially negligent participants for unintentional injuries.
NCAA studies on catastrophic injuries support the proposition that cheerleading is the leading source of catastrophic injuries including death, paralysis, and other disabilities. The most common cause of such injuries is contact with floor and contact with another participant.
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