Individuals vol-unteering their services need to be aware of the scope ofboth potential liabilities and protections applicable in theirparticular state.
This article was helpful. I did not realize how liable I am as a coach before reading this.
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A common practice in student athletics is to have students signa waiver or release prior to allowing the student-athlete to par-ticipate. Such documents are construed narrowly and some-times do not seem to afford any additional protections
It seems silly to have students and their parents sign a waiver if it provides no additional protection.
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From state to state, Good Samaritan laws differ greatly interms of who they protect.
It does make it kind of hard to remember what Good Samaritan law covers since it is different in every state.
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she hadnot received any instruction from her coaches on the perfor-mance of a shallow-water dive
Coaches should ALWAYS make sure instruction is provided to ensure that athletes do things the correct way to help avoid injury.
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Theappellate court rejected this argument, noting that “here, sadly,Zemke [injured player] did not report to his coaches or medi-cal staff the critical facts about his injury—that he had suffereda collision to his head, that he had blacked out, and that hehad a headache—that might have alerted them to seek medi-cal attention for head trauma and could have created a duty toprevent further head injury.”4
They made the right call. If the athlete did not tell the coaches about his other symptoms and did not tell them he injured his head as well, they would not have known.
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She alleged that the coaches told her she was theteam’s tallest player and needed to play in that night’s game.Plaintiff claimed they observed her shaking and having diffi-culty participating during warm-ups but still played her in thegame. The plaintiff’s mother took her to the hospital after thesecond game. Plaintiff alleged that the delay in receiving med-ical treatment caused her to suffer an exacerbation of her neu-rological condition.
No players health is negotiable. If the best player on the team is hurt, they shouldn't be forced to play.
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Adequate facilities and the availability of adequate medi-•cal equipment for use by team physicians and/or athletictrainers
It is super important that facilities are safe because if not the risk for injury would increase.
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Courts have recognized a number of areas of potential liabilityin the context of organized athletic events at the high schoollevel. The following is a nonexhaustive list:
This list is really helpful to have because I was unaware of this before.
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He developed pain in his knees, wasdiagnosed with patellar tendinitis, and contended that both thebasketball coach and athletic trainer were made aware of hiscomplaints but that the coach insisted he continue to play.
This to me seems very irresponsible of the coach. If the player is injured making them continue to play is not okay.
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A tort is committed when we fail toact as an ordinary and reasonably prudent person under simi-lar circumstances and cause injury to another person. An indi-vidual who possesses a greater degree of skill and trainingin a particular field must act as a reasonably prudent personwho possesses similar skill and training.
I agree with this, however, I feel like since coaches are grouped into this role, they should receive better training to ensure they know how to best help when medical situations arise.
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