Pecoraro v. Balkonis

Plaintiff, Joseph Pecoraro, brought an action against defendants James W. Balkonis, Edward J. Pudlo, Frank Biskner, Matthew M. Sprenzel, Kenneth J. Nordgren, William D. DeGironemo, and James Lapetina, members of the board of governors of the Fremd High School Hockey Club (individual board members), alleging that they were negligent when they failed to control Thomas Olsak, a 17-year-old hockey player, who assaulted plaintiff after plaintiff told him he could not play in a hockey game. The trial court dismissed count II on the basis that the individual board members did not authorize or ratify…