SportsandtheLaw WHYWE TAKE INJURIES SERIOUSLY As fall sports get rolling for athletes of all ages and abilities, it’s important to understand your legal rights on the field. While sports like soccer and football can be exciting to play, they also put you or your student athlete at risk of serious injury. When these injuries occur due to improperly maintained equipment or the negligence of another player, don’t hesitate to contact an experienced Kansas City sports injury lawyer. Yes, most professional and semi-professional sports require athletes, or the parents of student athletes, to sign liability waivers exonerating the sporting venue and the team in cases of injury. However, these documents are often imprecise with their language and rarely hold up in injury cases where true negligence was at play. At the very least, you should have a personal injury attorney look over the document after an injury. THE WAIVER MAY NOT MATTER.
CatGotYourTongue? THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING TEETH
SPORTS INJURIES HAVE LASTING IMPACTS.
As Canadian resident Phil Bailey was preparing to take a shower one morning, he took out his dentures and set them near the bathroom sink. But when he got out of the shower, the dentures were nowhere to be found! He and his wife searched for hours, but as the time for work grew nearer, Phil was forced to leave the house toothless. He spent the rest of the week that way. During one of his frustrated commutes to work, he started to suspect that either his son was pulling a prank on him or that his cat, named Herbert Spencer, had sneaked into the bathroom, stolen his dentures, and hidden them somewhere in the house. Later that weekend, Phil (still toothless) traveled to the Tournament of the Bands to watch his son’s high school marching band compete. Unable to hide from friends and family his embarrassment at having lost his dentures, he explained his suspicion about Herbert Spencer’s possible mischief. One of his son’s classmates retorted, “What’s the matter, Mr. Phil? The cat got your teeth?”
While bumps and bruises are commonplace in any outdoor sport, competitive or no, the injuries that stem from negligence are
When a product you bought turns out to be defective, the results can be anything from disappointing to disastrous. Some faulty products are just annoying, like a cracked screen protector or a thermos just slightly bigger than what a cup holder can fit. However, other defects can cause serious injury, or even death. In these instances, it’s important to hold the makers of the product accountable. If you are harmed by a faulty product, you may be entitled to compensation for these damages. The first step in bringing a product liability case is identifying the type of A GUIDE TO FAULTY PRODUCTS
The following week, Phil finally found his dentures. His son was settling in on the couch to watch TV, and as he went to wrap himself
in an afghan, he felt something hard hit his hand. Lo and behold, Herbert Spencer had buried the teeth in the blanket. In the years after the dentures incident, the rogue cat stole many other small but important household items from Phil. In fact, the villainy occurred so often that Phil threw out the afghan to rob the cat of his favorite hiding spot. Now Phil holds on tightly to his teeth, just waiting to see what Herbert Spencer decides to purloin next.
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