Intentional or Reckless Actions Causing Injury During Sporting Events
The Indiana Supreme Court addressed conflicting decisions in cases involving sports activity injuries, finding that in such cases, reasonableness may be found by the court as a matter of law. If the defendant's conduct is within the range of ordinary behavior of participants in the sport, the conduct may be found by the court to be reasonable as a matter of law. Intentional or reckless infliction of injury, however, may be found to be a breach of a duty. Pfenning v. Lineman, et al., 947 N.E.2d 392 (Ind. 2011).
