Another Referee Assault ...

[WI_Ref]

Originally Posted by Matt

That would be pointless. Compensatory damages, if any, would be minimal (and likely considered under the criminal penalties,) and this conduct is not egregious enough to warrant punitive damages.

I dunno, maybe, maybe not. Considering that his face absorbed the fall this literally could have ended in death or some other head/neck injury. I would think a good lawyer could definitely get punitive damages. I would also assume the extent of the damage would still be unknown as there could be long term neck/spinal/brain type injury. They guy that went down appeared to be older and not in the best shape.

IMHO this certainly was egregious enough to warrant punitive damages but I'm be biased I suppose

[Matt]

Originally Posted by WI_Ref

I dunno, maybe, maybe not. Considering that his face absorbed the fall this literally could have ended in death or some other head/neck injury. I would think a good lawyer could definitely get punitive damages. I would also assume the extent of the damage would still be unknown as there could be long term neck/spinal/brain type injury. They guy that went down appeared to be older and not in the best shape.

That has nothing to do with if punitive damages are applicable. That is all compensatory.

Originally Posted by WI_Ref

IMHO this certainly was egregious enough to warrant punitive damages but I'm be biased I suppose

Simple assault and/or battery is almost never enough. There has to be some sort of factor that is especially beyond the pale in addition to the assault/battery. There really isn't one here (unless, for example, dude has a history of this behavior towards offiicials, or it had nothing to do with this game but a past game and he had intended to commit this crime for a while, etc.)