1. While housing around a student swimmer slipped and fell and broke there ankle while attending a meet at Cincy North High School. All around the pool there are signs stating that the poolside is slippery and cautions all swimmers to be careful in the area and no running. There is also a water resistant surface surround the pool to help avoid potential injury.
1.1. This is a potential risk or infrastructure hazard. The fact that there is a possibility that bodily injury may occur there is a risk.
1.1.1. The frequency of an accident occurring would be medium. This injury would be an infrequent one that would seldom happen.
1.1.2. The severity of the injury would be minor. This is an injury that would usually result in a broken bone, sprain, some short term discomfort or possible sutures.
1.1.2.1. To treat the risk the school should do what it did by placing warning signs of the dangers surround the pool and the possibility of injury. Coaches should also let the students know of the possibility or risk of injury that may occur in or around the settings of a pool.
1.1.3. The parties at risk would be the school the district and the athletic departments. The potential for risk of injury would be with the student athletes and all who walk in the wet areas.
1.2. In this specific scenario the school would not be held negligent for the students injuries.
1.2.1. It is the schools and athletic departments responsibility to provide a safe environment for students and its spectators.
1.2.2. The school, athletic department nor coaches breached the students standard duty of care. There is no proximate cause in this case as the school took the necessary steps to prevent injury from happening
1.2.3. By placing signage and warnings around the pool, the parties involved put in place foreseeable risk management procedures and policies that would prevent injury from occurring in which they would be held liable.
2. High school doesn't have proper lighting in the gym surrounding the court in the bleacher area to host boys sporting events that are to be held inside of a gym, such as boys and girls basketball or volleyball.
2.1. This is a potential risk or hazard due to the fact a student or fan attending the event might suffer injury or bodily harm. According to the Risk Management article by Kaiser and Cole, this would be classified as an environmental hazard.
2.1.1. The frequency of an accident occurring due to poor light in this scenario would be categorized as medium. On a medium severity scale Kaiser and Cole state "occurrences are infrequent or will seldom happen. They can be described as occurring more often than desirable."
2.1.2. The severity of the injuries related to this potential risk would me minor. Injuries might require first-aid attention to possibly a broken bone or hospitalization.
2.1.2.1. To treat the risk I would simply have proper lighting installed throughout the gymnasium. The cost of treating the risk would be mildly inexpensive opposed to the amount of damages that would have to be paid for being held negligent due to minor injuries.
2.1.3. The parties at risk of injury would be the athletes, the students and the fans. The parties at risk of legal ramifications would include the athletic department, the school and the school distract. These parties could all be subject to a liability claim.
2.2. In this case if injury were to occur then the school would be held negligent.
2.2.1. As according to state law and organizational or industry standards the school owes a standard of care to provide students and spectators with a safe environment while attending all sporting events.
2.2.2. If a spectator trips over a bookbag and falls down the bleachers due to poor visibility because of the lighting and suffers injury, then there would be negligence on behalf of the school, athletic department and school district.
2.2.3. There would be proximate causation if injury were to happen. The fact that the unsafe lighting conditions is a risk that is obviously noticeable and the school, district and athletic department are aware of the lighting, it would be foreseeable that an injury is likely to occur.
2.2.4. It is the duty of the school to provide a safe environment for students and fans attending the game.
3. The football field at Cincy North is old and worn down from years of use and weather and has not been upgraded or properly maintained over the years causing the field to have an uneven surface and small holes or craters. A student athlete suffered a torn ACL while participating in a team practice.
3.1. The potential risk of having a faulty facility such as a worn down football field that results in bodily harm is also a hazard. This could fall under both an environmental hazard and an infrastructure hazard. With the field being exposed to all elements and not being properly maintenanced over the years there is a risk of injury or bodily harm.
3.1.1. The frequency of an injury occurring on a field that is not properly maintained is high. There should be a high expectancy of injuries occurring during future sporting events. Injuries happen during sporting events on a properly maintained field, so for one to happen on a poorly maintained one is all but foreseeable.
3.1.2. Any student athlete who practices and plays on the football field at Cincy North is at risk of potential injury.
3.1.2.1. To treat the risk of injury happening on the football field the school district, athletic department and school would have to spend a significant amount of money to have the field repaired and to keep the field properly maintained. The fact that injuries occur often in sports it would be more cost effective to limit the risk by upgrading the field.
3.1.3. The severity of the injuries could possibly be major. These injuries would be non-life threatening but some may cause permanent damage to ones body.
3.2. In this case if an injury were to occur then there would be a case of negligence.
3.2.1. The school, the district and the athletic department owe a standard of care to all parties who participate and play on the football field a standard of care in which they are to provide safe and playable facilities.
3.2.2. There is proximate causation in this case. The negligent acts of the school and athletic department to not maintain its facilities knowing there is potential for injury results in the proximate causation.
3.2.3. The athletic department and the school have a duty to provide safe infrastructures and facilities.