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Question: Injuries in stadiums are unfortunately a common occurrence. Litigation attorneys with personal injury law experience often are either defending professional sports franchises or are seeking compensation for their injured plaintiff clients. Professional athletes have also been injured at stadiums during non-game times. For example, running back Reggie Bush severely injured himself on artificial turf at a visiting stadium. Successful workers'' compensation claims often reimburse and/ replenish athletes as employees of professional teams for such injuries. Baseball fans have increasingly been hit with foul balls, while many stadiums have extended the nets all the way to the outfield. Baseball stadiums in Japan often extend the nets above the outfield walls as well in an abundance of safety and caution.

Generally, the reverse side or small print on a physical or digital ticket to an event will disclaim and warm of harm. However, liability is not completely excluded, and teams often settle with plaintiffs. Entertainment and sports venues also have a ADA compliance requirements and will often get sued for failure to comply

Meanwhile, health and safety have increasingly become an important part of training, injury prevention, and safety regiments of NCAA and professional sports programs. Sometimes these changes have been forced due to Title IX requirements.

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