Article
Body Blow: Boxer Chases Ambulance and Wins Judgment
Entertainment and Sports Lawyer
(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
Disciplines
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/