Jaworski v. Kiernan

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a recklessness or intentional misconduct standard should be used in a case involving a recreational soccer game
• noting that the test of foreseeability is “harm of the general nature suffered”
• discussing the decision in Walsh v. Machlin, 128 Conn. 412, 23 A. 2d 156 (1941)
• adopting reckless or intentional conduct standard of care for determining tort liability for injuries sustained during athletic events
• participant in a co-ed recreational soccer match cannot recover for injuries sustained after opponent made contact with her during the course of play
• applies no-duty rule in “team athletic contests,” but this would not include golf

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).