Does a coach have a duty of ordinary care not to increase the risk of injury to a player?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from Aspinall v. Murrieta Valley Unified Sch. Dist., D072847 (Cal. App. 2018):

case holds a coach has a duty of ordinary care not to increase the risk of injury to a player by encouraging or allowing the player to participate in a sport if the player is physically unfit to do so. (Id. at p. 756; Eriksson v. Nunnink (2011) 191 Cal.App.4th 826, 845.)

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