Entertainment, Sports, and Recreation

 
This practice area has the following sub practice areas:

Americans with Disabilities (ADA) Compliance

Employment Law

Insurance Coverage Disputes

Premise Liability

Kiernan Trebach’s entertainment, sports, and recreation attorneys provide counseling and representation to various entertainment and sports entities, venue owners and operators, and recreation facilities. We are skilled and experienced in working with individuals, businesses, and their insurers to assist in managing our client’s risks and to develop risk prevention programs. We regularly provide updates on recent trends and offer on-site seminars on emerging legal issues.

Our Entertainment, Sports & Recreation law practice most often involves:

  • Americans with Disabilities (ADA) Compliance
  • Employment Law
  • Insurance Coverage Disputes
  • Premise Liability (including structural defect and slip/trip and fall)
  • Professional Liability

  • Security claims, including patron-on-patron incidents, employee assault and false imprisonment
  • Spector/Guest Liability
  • Theater, arena and live performance venue building code and construction, including New York Labor Law (scaffolding law)

Recent Results:

  • Summary judgment granted in favor of our client (an arena operator) on claims made by a  concert attendee for damages resulting from alleged slip and fall on liquid based upon uncontroverted video, testimonial and expert evidence establishing that arena employees did not have a reasonable amount of time to remedy or warn of the alleged condition.
  • Summary judgment grant in favor of our clients ( a concert promoter and performer) dismissing claims of inadequate concert security.
  • Defense verdict at trial on behalf of a theater accused of building code violations causing injury to plaintiff, where plaintiff’s intoxication was an issue at trial.
  • Successfully resolved claims of assault, battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligent hiring, training and supervision on behalf of a men’s professional soccer club.
  • Assisted in enforcing an indemnification agreement between a men’s professional soccer club and its general contractor, facilitating resolution of a significant personal injury claim without contribution from the soccer club.
  • Obtained summary judgment on behalf of an National Football League team and its punter, in a negligence case initiated by a spectator who was purportedly struck in the face by an errant punt, seeking damages against the team, the punter, and the league. 
  • Obtained summary judgment on behalf of a National Football League team in a case initiated by a spectator, who was allegedly injured during an altercation with a contractor working at the stadium.  The court found that the contractor was an independent contractor and therefore the team was not vicariously liable for any alleged negligence by the contractor. 
  • Obtained summary judgment for the owner and operator of a convention center on a premises liability claim initiated by a contractor who purportedly fell and sustained serious injuries.
  • Successfully resolved a serious personal injury claim by a contractor who was allegedly electrocuted, while setting up a vendor site at a convention center. 
  • Successfully resolved a complex personal injury claim brought by a disabled patron who was allegedly thrown from her wheelchair by an employee of a convention center. 
  • Obtained dismissal of a lawsuit initiated by a player on a men’s professional soccer club where the player claimed personal injury and medical malpractice arising from a concussion that was allegedly not properly diagnosed or treated by the team’s physician. 
  • Successfully resolved a personal injury claim on behalf of the owner and operator of a men’s professional soccer club team and stadium where a patron claimed to have been injured by a security guard.  

Our experience, dedication and multiple office locations allow us to provide our clients with effective and efficient services throughout the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions of the United States.  We understand the challenges facing our clients in these industries and we strive to provide unmatched value and results-oriented strategies in each of the matters in which we are engaged.

For more information, please contact any of the practice members referenced in the Attorney Listing. For the “Practice Area” Entertainment, Sports, and Recreation  (https://www.kiernantrebach.com/attorneys/)