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Jewish World Review
Feb. 10, 2006
/ 12 Shevat, 5766
The Super Bowl of Sports Lawsuits
By
Drs. Michael A. Glueck & Robert J. Cihak
http://www.JewishWorldReview.com |
By now you've probably recovered from your Super Bowl alcoholinduced high
or saltprecipitated coma whatever may be the diagnosis.
In honor of Super Bowl XL, Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse (CALA) introduced
its starting lineup of the 10 most outrageous sportsrelated lawsuits of
all time.
This purpose of this column is not our usual condemnation of greedy
plaintiffs and glutinous trial lawyers but to shed a little lightness and
humor after delivering some pretty hard hits and tackles on some medical
practice dummies.
"Lawsuit abuse can put everyone on the Injured Reserve list," said Maryann
Maloney, executive director of Newport Beach, Calif.based Orange County
CALA (OCCALA). Even when frivolous lawsuits are eventually dismissed, it
still costs the courts valuable time (delay of game) and wastes taxpayer
money (offtrack betting).
Introducing the winning team of alltime outrageous sports related
lawsuits:
1) Personal Foul Uniform Not NFL Regulation
A woman in Tennessee filed a lawsuit for billions of dollars against Super
Bowl halftime performers Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake, as well as
the broadcasters. She claimed she was injured by the performers' lewd
actions when Timberlake ripped off part of Jackson's costume. According to
her suit, she suffered outrage, anger, embarrassment and serious injury.
(Associated Press, February 5, 2004)
2) Ball Out of Bounds in End Zone
A New Jersey man sued a baseball team and the owners of a food service
company for getting hit with a baseball while buying a beer in the
concession area at the stadium. (WKMGTV, July 13, 2004)
3) Fake Field Goal
A man was injured when fellow Ball State students toppled a goal post after
a football upset and filed a lawsuit against the goalpost maker. He
claimed the aluminum posts were designed and constructed in a manner which
allowed them to suddenly snap and collapse. (USA Today, September 30, 2003)
4) Dangerous Field Conditions
A popular softball tournament in Arizona was canceled because of a lawsuit
filed by a player who broke his ankle in the tournament the year prior. The
man was injured sliding into third base in a game at the cityowned sports
complex. According to the suit, the city is responsible for the dangerous
condition existing at third base. (Arizona Daily Sun, September 15, 2003)
5) Loss of Yardage From Illegal Block
A California father filed a lawsuit seeking $1.5 million in damages from a
school district after his 15yearold son was demoted from the varsity to
the junior varsity basketball team. The suit claimed the demotion was
messing up his son's future and professional earnings. (Los Angeles Times,
May 5, 2003)
6) The Quarterback Sack
A high school football star from New Jersey filed a lawsuit against the
coach at the University of Miami for not naming him the starting
quarterback, something he claims the coach promised through an oral
contract when he was a high school senior. (Los Angeles Times, May 5, 2003)
7) Illegal Use of Hands By Defensive Team
A family of four sued the Los Angeles Dodgers for false imprisonment and
battery by security guards after one of the family members assaulted a
female usher. (California Bar Journal, June 2002)
8) Penalty for Removing Helmet During Game
A woman injured by someone lunging for a ball in the stands during a Notre
Dame football game filed a lawsuit against the university for failing to
exercise care to protect her. (Associated Press, September 28, 1999)
9) Too Many Players on the Field
A Florida father sued a youth baseball league because his son was told he
had made the league's allstar team when he had not. As a result of the
lawsuit, the baseball league was threatened with cancellation the following
year due to costs of the case. (Liability Week, June 29, 1998)
10) Unnecessary Roughness
Latrell Sprewell, a guard for the Golden State Warriors basketball team,
filed a $30 million lawsuit against the National Basketball Association,
attempting to recoup the salary he lost while carrying out his oneyear
suspension for choking his coach. (National Basketball Association News,
May 21, 1998)
So the next time you think about filing a stupid sports related lawsuit
remember you too might be elected to the CALA Outrageous Sports Lawsuits
Hall of Fame.
Editor's Note:: Michael Arnold Glueck. M.D., wrote this week's game plan of
sports trivia.
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Michael Arnold Glueck, M.D., is a multiple award winning writer who comments
on medical-legal issues. Robert J. Cihak, M.D., is a Discovery Institute
Senior Fellow and a past president of the Association of American Physicians
and Surgeons. Both JWR contributors are Harvard trained diagnostic radiologists.
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