Soccer fan lawsuit heads back to trial court
The North Carolina Court of Appeals reversed a trial court's decision to dismiss a lawsuit stemming from a local woman's being hit in the head with a ball at a women's soccer game.
Posted — UpdatedBasing its ruling on previous case law, which dealt mostly with baseball, the court said it is rare for a negligence claim to be dismissed based on lawyers' paperwork and that such dismissals should be limited to cases where there is a clear allegation that defeats a plaintiff's claim.
The list of defendants in the suit includes Capital Area Soccer League, Inc.; Wake County; Women's United Soccer Association; Time Warner Inc.; and Time Warner entities that owned the Carolina Courage and the New York Power teams.
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