Pfenning v. Lineman

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that the “general nature” of ordinary conduct in a sport is “usually commonly understood”
• “Absent a duty, there can be no breach, and therefore, no recovery for the plaintiff in negligence.”
• “The blanket protection from liability embodied in the new formulation does not extend to persons or entities other than the athlete whose conduct allegedly caused a claimed injury.”
• stating the elements of negligence under Indiana law

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).