Body Blow: Boxer Chases Ambulance and Wins Judgment

Entertainment and Sports Lawyer, Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 12-15, 2004

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Adam Epstein

Central Michigan University - Department of Finance and Law

Date Written: 2004

Abstract

Case analysis and discussion of Maldonado v. Gateway Hotel Holdings, L.L.C., 2003 Mo. App. LEXIS 1577, in which the Missouri appellate court upheld a trial court decision as a professional boxer was awarded $13.7 million in compensatory damages for a hotel's failure to provide an ambulance on site after the match was over even though it had subcontracted responsibility for the event with a promoter.

Keywords: Boxer, Sports Law, Assumption of the Risk, Inherently Dangerous Activity Doctrine

Suggested Citation

Epstein, Adam, Body Blow: Boxer Chases Ambulance and Wins Judgment (2004). Entertainment and Sports Lawyer, Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 12-15, 2004 , Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2228747

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