Lemoine v. Springfield Hockey Ass'n

The plaintiff, while attending a hockey game at the defendant’s arena on January 19, 1937, became ill and, accompanied by two companions, left his seat and was proceeding along an aisle on his way to the rest room when he was injured by being struck in the face by a hockey puck. The jury returned a verdict for him. The case is here upon the defendant’s exception to the denial of its motion for a directed verdict.

The rink or playing surface was oval in shape, having a maximum length of about one hundred ninety feet and a maximum width of about eighty-seven feet, and was en*103closed by a fence…