AMERICAN BOXING & ATHLETIC ASS'N v. YOUNG

No. 2D04-3394.

911 So.2d 862 (2005)

AMERICAN BOXING & ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, INC., and Adoreable Promotions, Inc., Appellants, v. Robert Charles YOUNG, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Stacy Young, Deceased, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

September 23, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth L. Olsen of Law Firm of Kenneth Olsen, Tampa, for Appellants.

Gregory S. Kehoe and Sean P. Cronin of James, Hoyer, Newcomer & Smiljanich, P.A., Tampa, for Appellee.


NORTHCUTT, Judge.

On a weekend in June 2003 Sarasota's Robards Arena hosted a "Toughman" contest, in which amateur combatants faced off in a boxing ring. Stacy Young, a first-time fighter, died from injuries suffered in her bout. Mrs. Young's husband and personal representative, Robert Young, sued several defendants to recover for her death. Among them were a Michigan resident named Arthur Dore and two Michigan corporations, American Boxing & Athletic Association...

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