If you do a little on-line research you'll find that an accidental injury is not going to result in a successful damages claim. If your kid would intentionally or recklessly injure his opponent then that's a different story, as it should be. Here is a recent news report of a case that gives you a pretty good idea as to how these cases are approached:



A state court in Connecticut has dismissed parts of a complaint brought by the mother of a student, who alleged that a school district, coach and another student were responsible for an injury her daughter suffered in a floor hockey game.

In so ruling, the court found that a plaintiff must show “reckless or intentional conduct on the part of the defendant … to plead a cause of action for injuries sustained by a participant in a team contact sport. Proof of mere negligence will not suffice.”

The minor plaintiff claimed she was injured while participating in a mandatory floor hockey game which took place during a physical education class at James H. Moran Middle School in Wallingford, Connecticut. In counts five and six of her complaint, they alleged that Ashley Rivera was liable for negligently tripping her with a hockey stick during the floor hockey game. They further claim that Rivera “knew or should have known that pushing the hockey stick out in front of Marisa Lenti would cause her to fall to the gym floor” and that the defendant “failed to pay attention, with regard to the hockey stick she was running with, and negligently failed to warn the minor plaintiff of the imminent contact with the hockey stick.”

On July 13, 2009, the defendants moved to dismiss the complaint, relying on the Supreme Court's holding in Jaworski v. Kiernan, 241 Conn. 399, 696 A.2d 332 (1997), and its progeny in support of their argument that “the appropriate standard of liability to impose upon co-participants in a team sport is the duty to refrain from reckless or intentional conduct.”