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Body Blow: Boxer Chases Ambulance and Wins Judgment
Entertainment and Sports Lawyer (2004)
  • Adam Epstein, Central Michigan University
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
Publication Date
2004
Citation Information
Adam Epstein. "Body Blow: Boxer Chases Ambulance and Wins Judgment" Entertainment and Sports Lawyer Vol. 22 Iss. 1 (2004)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/adam_epstein/16/