United States Seventh Circuit

Summary judgment for defendant in a personal injury case arising out of a martial arts demonstration is affirmed where: 1) plaintiff's expert witness disclosure was untimely; and 2) defendant's behavior was not wilful or wanton so as to remove it from the contact sports exception to negligence.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/04/2006
• Decided 04/20/2006
• Published 04/20/2006

Judges

• KANNE, Circuit Judge., Before CUDAHY, RIPPLE, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Lance R. Mallon (argued), Mallon Law Firm, Wood River, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Thomas J. Plunkert (argued), Leritz, Plunkert & Bruning, St. Louis, MO, for Defendant-Appellee.