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HACKBART v. CINCINNATI BENGALS, INC.

No. 77-1812.

601 F.2d 516 (1979)

Dale Hackbart, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Cincinnati Bengals, Inc., and Charles "Booby" Clark, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Decided June 11, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Butler, of Johnson & Mahoney, P. C., Denver, Colo. (Roger F. Johnson, Denver, Colo., on brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

Robert G. Stachler, of Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, Cincinnati, Ohio (William C. McClearn, of Holland & Hart, Denver, Colo., and Thomas T. Terp, of Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, Cincinnati, Ohio, on brief), for defendants-appellees.

Before DOYLE, McKAY and LOGAN, Circuit Judges.

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 stricking 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...

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