Legal Opinion
Dale Hackbart v. Cincinnati Bengals, Inc., and Charles "Booby" Clark
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided June 11, 1979No. 77-1812PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM E. DOYLE, Circuit Judge.
The question in this case is whether in a regular season professional football game an injury which is inflicted by one professional football player on an opposing player can give rise to liability in tort where the injury was inflicted by the intentional striking of a blow during the game.
The injury occurred in the course of a game between the Denver Broncos and the Cincinnati Bengals, which game was being played in Denver in 1973. The Broncos’ defensive back, Dale Hackbart, was the recipient of the injury and the Bengals’ offensive back, Charles “Booby”…
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