The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has declined to review a state Superior Court ruling that said the Philadelphia Eagles and the team’s security contractor were not responsible for paying more than $700,000 to a Dallas Cowboys fan who was roughed up by Eagles fans at their home stadium.

The allocatur denial reinforces Pennsylvania’s high bar for plaintiffs in premises liability cases—a bar that one Superior Court judge called “fundamentally unfair.”

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