Hockey league not liable for criminal fight

Hockey league not liable for criminal fight

The New York Court of Appeals has reversed decisions by both a trial court and appellate court and has held that a youth hockey league is not responsible for the criminal conduct of fans who got into a fight after a tournament game for 13-yer-olds.  The Court of Appeals has held that the criminal assault on the plaintiff was not a reasonably foreseeable result of any failure to take preventive measures by the league.

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