The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has overturned a Superior Court decision that established a duty for all colleges to provide qualified medical personnel for student athletes at all sports events, including tryouts and practices.

The high court ruled Tuesday in Feleccia v. Lackawanna College, wading into several questions about the duties schools may owe to student athletes and the ways those duties are assumed or waived. Although the ruling reversed the Superior Court’s decision establishing a broad duty to provide medical personnel, the court ultimately sent the case back to the Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas for further consideration.

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