Feleccia v. Lackawanna College, 2017 Pa. Super. 44 (2017 PA Super. LEXIS 117)

Colleges have duty to student athletes to protect against injury and to have qualified medical personnel to provide adequate care.

The defendant college owed the plaintiffs a duty of care in their capacity as intercollegiate athletes engaged in a school-sponsored and supervised sport and was required to have qualified medical personnel to provide adequate treatment in the event a student suffered a medical emergency.

 

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