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7 For the Record 1 (1996-1997)

handle is hein.blasports/fthrec0007 and id is 1 raw text is: r /March 195 Iume 7 Numbei THE STANDARD OF CARE ngila by AexandriaFelix, Anglia Law School, Polytechnic University. Esse: SPORT FEon The United Kingdom hasa l rently seen civil actions being brought in the sporting context. In the much publicised case of Eliot v. Saunders (Unre- porte), Drake J found it unnecessary to look beyond the Court of Appeal decision of Condon v. Basi ([1 9851 2 All ER 453) which considered a claim for damages for negligence by the plaintiff who had suffered a serious leg injury as a result of a tackle by the defendant whilst paying in a local league footbal match In Elot it was agreed that the law does provide an injured sportsman with the right to caim compensaton. In other words, t was agreed that sports players owe each other a duty of care and breach of this duty would render a defendant lable for damages. The issue of whether sports players owe each other a duty of care is no contentious A duty of care, on an Atkinian basis (Donoghue v Stevenson CARE IN SPORT ict page 2.. Professor Alexandria Felix discussing the English standard of care in sport with Professor Greenberg's Regulation ofArnateur Athletics class, Marchl1996. ***********f*** *AU MAY 300JUNE 1,1996 Spors Lawyers Association Annual Conference Scottsdale, Arizona For further information cal (703) 437-4377 OCTOBER 4, 1996 British Association for Sport and Law Annual Conference, London, England For further information call 0161-247-6445. OCTOBER 8, 1996 DePaul College of Law Legal Issues In Intercollegiate Athletics, Chicago, Illinois. For further information call 312-362-8152. OCTOBER 10-13, 1996 AustraIan and New Zealand Sports Law Association Annual Conference, Adelaide, Australia For further information call 03-344-6197 OCTOBER 17, 18 & 19, 1996 Sports Venues, Revenues & Va ues Conference sponsored by the NSL and Deloitte & Touche Hyatt Regency Hotel, MIwaukee, Wisconsin .I THE STANDARD OF CARE IN SPORT, Pages 1-3,8B. * POINT WHEN THE RIGHTS OF THE DISABLED AND ATHLETIC ELIGIBILITY CLASH, WHO LOSES?, Pages 4, 6 * COUNTERPOINT WHY HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATIONS SHOULD CONDUCT CASE-BY-CASE REVIEWS BEFORE BARRING THE DISABLED ATHLETE, Pages 5,7. Digitized from Best Copy Available 6 ES ************** 4 *

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