Court rules football players can sue Lackawanna College for injuries
A state appellate court overturned a Lackawanna County judge’s ruling that dismissed a lawsuit filed by two men who were injured while trying out for Lackawanna College’s football team.
Agustus Feleccia and Justin Resch sued the college in 2012, alleging they suffered serious injuries during a 2010 tackling drill because of the negligence of the college’s coaching staff and trainers. The suit, filed by West Chester attorney Andrew Motel, said Feleccia, of Montgomery County, suffered nerve damage to his right arm and Resch, of Northampton County, fractured one of the vertebrae in his back.
Judge James Gibbons dismissed the suit last year, finding that the men could not recover any damages because they signed a waiver that protected the college from liability if they were injured.
The state Superior Court recently reversed that ruling, finding that the judge did not properly consider the men’s claims that the waiver was invalid because the college was grossly negligent for not employing certified athletic trainers at the time they were injured.
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