Thomas H Sawyer
Biographic Data
| ID | 9177401 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas H Sawyer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas H |
| FAMILY NAME | Sawyer |
| SIGNATURE | SAWYER T H |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Coach’s Duty of Reasonable Care
During a basketball practice, the coach (defendant) attempted to block a layup by a teammate. The ball struck another player (plaintiff), causing a concussion. The issue was whether the coach’s conduct breached her duty of reasonable care and whether the school corporation was liable under the doctrine of respondeat superior
Negligent Supervision — Control of Participants
After participating in an amateur hockey game, the plaintiff sued Midwest Training in Lake Superior Court, alleging Midwest Training committed negligence in failing to provide him with protection against third-party criminal attacks while he was on its premises
Facility Maintenance Negligence Issue
In this negligence action, the plaintiff sued for damages caused by the alleged negligent maintenance of the artificial turf and hidden dangers around the second base area after he suffered an injury while sliding into second base
Recklessness or Simple Negligence
A girls’ field hockey team coach instructed players to warm up in an area adjacent to the school’s turf field, where the boys’ soccer team was practicing. Plaintiff Morgan Dennehy, a member of the field hockey team, was struck at the base of her skull by an errant soccer ball. The plaintiff filed this suit against the coach, the school and others due to the defendants’ alleged failure to supervise and prevent potential and foreseeable dangerous c…
Premises Liability
During a game organized by a not-for-profit youth softball association in which adult coaches participated as players, the Plaintiff was injured when the first-base bag gave way under his foot. The Association filed a motion for summary judgment in which it maintained that it did not breach the duty of care owed to the Plaintiff
Assumption of Risk
One thing that veteran ballplayers and fans know, long before the opening pitch, is that there are dangers on the base path. That is illustrated by this case of 13-year-old second baseman Tara Kelly, whose ankle was fractured when an opposing team's player slid into her as she made the tag
Golfers, Beware of Your Surroundings
In this case the Court upheld the age-old doctrine of assumption of risk, affirming the inherent dangers of teeing off in golf. Despite a nasty trip on a tree root, the golfer was not entitled to recover for his injuries due to the primary assumption of the risk doctrine. This case sets a precedent for understanding the potential hazards of the sport and reinforces the importance of personal responsibility on the greens and potentially beyond
Failing to Comply With the Rules
This case shows how important it is for all coaches, especially head coaches, to know and understand the rules of their sport. Not just the playing rules, but also administrative rules, which include rules on recruiting. Failure to follow the rules and procedures led the defendants in this case to be liable for negligent supervision
Negligent Supervision
Teaching physical education involves more than overseeing what happens on the field, court or in the swimming pool. Physical educators also need to control the locker room, where students hazing other students may be common practice at certain schools. This case is a good example of what happens when teachers and coaches fail to supervise athletes and students in the locker room
Conditioning in Unsafe Conditions
According to data from the University of North Carolina’s National Center for Catastrophic Sport Injury Research (NCCSIR), 12 football players died from heatstroke during football activities between 2017 to 2021, the most recent year for which data is available. In the 25-year period spanning 1996-2021, 68 football players have died from heat-related causes.In the case of Imani Bell (Plaintiff), she collapsed on Aug. 13, 2019, after running up th…
Student Self-Transport
A high school student caused an automobile accident while driving himself and other students to an extra-curricular activity in his family’s vehicle. The driver of the other vehicle was killed, and a passenger in the other vehicle was injured. The issue in this appeal is whether the student’s school may be held liable to the persons in the other vehicle on the ground that the school was negligent. The district court answered that question in the …
Ice Rink Fall
According to the court records, on December 11, 2014, Diane Samuelsen (Plaintiff), a recreational ice-skater who had been taking ice-skating lessons at Wollman Rink for several years, fell on the ramp used to enter and exit the rink as she attempted to leave the rink following one of her lessons. She claims to have suffered traumatic brain injury and other injuries as a result of the fall
Negligent and Reckless or Part of the Sport
This article examines a case in which an individual was injured during a karate drill and claims negligence and recklessness and proximately caused her serious bodily injury during a karate practice session
Sex Discrimination Title IX
Court records indicated that, on April 19, 2007, Plaintiffs filed a class action complaint against Sweetwater alleging unlawful sex discrimination under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. They alleged that Sweetwater intentionally discriminated against female students at Castle Park High School (Castle Park) by unlawfully failing to provide female student athletes equal treatm…
Constitutional Right to Participate
This article explores a discrimination case where a high school junior was cut from the soccer program and his parents filed suit alleging age-based discrimination in violation of the Age Discrimination Act (“ADA”), 42 U.S.C. § 6101 et seq., gender-based discrimination in violation of Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972, 20 U.S.C. § 1681, and violations of the District’s own policies against discrimination
The Management of Clubs, Recreation, and Sport
No prominent works on this page.
The Management of Clubs, Recreation, and Sport
Constitutional Right to Participate
This article explores a discrimination case where a high school junior was cut from the soccer program and his parents filed suit alleging age-based discrimination in violation of the Age Discrimination Act (“ADA”), 42 U.S.C. § 6101 et seq., gender-based discrimination in violation of Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972, 20 U.S.C. § 1681, and violations of the District’s own policies against discrimination
Conditioning in Unsafe Conditions
According to data from the University of North Carolina’s National Center for Catastrophic Sport Injury Research (NCCSIR), 12 football players died from heatstroke during football activities between 2017 to 2021, the most recent year for which data is available. In the 25-year period spanning 1996-2021, 68 football players have died from heat-related causes.In the case of Imani Bell (Plaintiff), she collapsed on Aug. 13, 2019, after running up th…
Student Self-Transport
A high school student caused an automobile accident while driving himself and other students to an extra-curricular activity in his family’s vehicle. The driver of the other vehicle was killed, and a passenger in the other vehicle was injured. The issue in this appeal is whether the student’s school may be held liable to the persons in the other vehicle on the ground that the school was negligent. The district court answered that question in the …
Ice Rink Fall
According to the court records, on December 11, 2014, Diane Samuelsen (Plaintiff), a recreational ice-skater who had been taking ice-skating lessons at Wollman Rink for several years, fell on the ramp used to enter and exit the rink as she attempted to leave the rink following one of her lessons. She claims to have suffered traumatic brain injury and other injuries as a result of the fall
Negligent and Reckless or Part of the Sport
This article examines a case in which an individual was injured during a karate drill and claims negligence and recklessness and proximately caused her serious bodily injury during a karate practice session
Sex Discrimination Title IX
Court records indicated that, on April 19, 2007, Plaintiffs filed a class action complaint against Sweetwater alleging unlawful sex discrimination under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. They alleged that Sweetwater intentionally discriminated against female students at Castle Park High School (Castle Park) by unlawfully failing to provide female student athletes equal treatm…
Facility Maintenance Negligence Issue
In this negligence action, the plaintiff sued for damages caused by the alleged negligent maintenance of the artificial turf and hidden dangers around the second base area after he suffered an injury while sliding into second base
Recklessness or Simple Negligence
A girls’ field hockey team coach instructed players to warm up in an area adjacent to the school’s turf field, where the boys’ soccer team was practicing. Plaintiff Morgan Dennehy, a member of the field hockey team, was struck at the base of her skull by an errant soccer ball. The plaintiff filed this suit against the coach, the school and others due to the defendants’ alleged failure to supervise and prevent potential and foreseeable dangerous c…
Premises Liability
During a game organized by a not-for-profit youth softball association in which adult coaches participated as players, the Plaintiff was injured when the first-base bag gave way under his foot. The Association filed a motion for summary judgment in which it maintained that it did not breach the duty of care owed to the Plaintiff
Assumption of Risk
One thing that veteran ballplayers and fans know, long before the opening pitch, is that there are dangers on the base path. That is illustrated by this case of 13-year-old second baseman Tara Kelly, whose ankle was fractured when an opposing team's player slid into her as she made the tag
Golfers, Beware of Your Surroundings
In this case the Court upheld the age-old doctrine of assumption of risk, affirming the inherent dangers of teeing off in golf. Despite a nasty trip on a tree root, the golfer was not entitled to recover for his injuries due to the primary assumption of the risk doctrine. This case sets a precedent for understanding the potential hazards of the sport and reinforces the importance of personal responsibility on the greens and potentially beyond
Failing to Comply With the Rules
This case shows how important it is for all coaches, especially head coaches, to know and understand the rules of their sport. Not just the playing rules, but also administrative rules, which include rules on recruiting. Failure to follow the rules and procedures led the defendants in this case to be liable for negligent supervision
Negligent Supervision
Teaching physical education involves more than overseeing what happens on the field, court or in the swimming pool. Physical educators also need to control the locker room, where students hazing other students may be common practice at certain schools. This case is a good example of what happens when teachers and coaches fail to supervise athletes and students in the locker room
Coach’s Duty of Reasonable Care
During a basketball practice, the coach (defendant) attempted to block a layup by a teammate. The ball struck another player (plaintiff), causing a concussion. The issue was whether the coach’s conduct breached her duty of reasonable care and whether the school corporation was liable under the doctrine of respondeat superior
Negligent Supervision — Control of Participants
After participating in an amateur hockey game, the plaintiff sued Midwest Training in Lake Superior Court, alleging Midwest Training committed negligence in failing to provide him with protection against third-party criminal attacks while he was on its premises
Law (10 works) · Political science (10 works) · Business (9 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Duty (2 works) · History (2 works) · Kinesiology (2 works) · Legal Cases and Commentary (2 works)