Liability for Hockey

Hockey Liability in Ontario In the 2020 case Casterton v. MacIsaac,[1] the court had occasion to review and apply the law of liability for hockey injuries. The facts of this particular case were that, on March 12, 2012, during the last minute of a recreational hockey game, the defendant collided with the plaintiff causing the plaintiff to be knocked off his feet, hit his head on the ice and lose consciousness briefly. The plaintiff suffered a concussion, two broken teeth and cuts on his face and inside his mouth; the defendant was uninjured. The issue of the liability for injuries…