May 30, 2019 at 10:30PM
A former cheerleader at Azusa Pacific University can't pursue negligence claims for successive brain injuries she suffered in a three-month span, a California appeals court ruled in an unpublished opinion.
Shelbie Stevens, a freshman who made the team even though she had no cheerleading experience, assumed the risk of the three brain injuries she allegedly suffered in 2012, the California Court of Appeals, Second District, said May 29.
"Given the nature of modern cheerleading, possible physical injuries include blows to...
A former cheerleader at Azusa Pacific University can't pursue negligence claims for successive brain injuries she suffered in a three-month span, a California appeals court ruled in an unpublished opinion.
Shelbie Stevens, a freshman who made the team even though she had no cheerleading experience, assumed the risk of the three brain injuries she allegedly suffered in 2012, the California Court of Appeals, Second District, said May 29.
"Given the nature of modern cheerleading, possible physical injuries include blows to...