Attempted murder? The hockey foul came to court. After four years, we know the verdict

It caused a concussion, which forced Paille to end his career. Although the winner of the Stanley Cup with Boston Bruins from 2011 was still trying to return to hockey, he ended up definitively.

The hard intervention was not only over in the hockey world, in which Larkin got a stop sign for four matches in addition to the penalty in the game. Paille sued him for unscrupulous intervention and it was brought to court. The sports director of the Swedish team said about the intervention that it was an attempted murder, but the court did not agree with his words.

“Everything suggests that it was a encounter that Larkin could not avoid and not a deliberate attack. The prosecution had to be stopped. “ informs of the judgment sport.cz.

Paille also demanded from Larkin compensation for damages or reimbursement of treatment costs, in total he wanted about 500 thousand euros. “Larkin cannot be held liable for damages caused by gross negligence. Daniel Paille has agreed to take part in hockey matches and has therefore, in principle, admitted that he may be at risk of injury during the game. ” the statement of the court. On the contrary, Paille will have to pay Mannheim almost 200,000 for court costs.

Larkin’s lawyer Ulrik Smedberg called the verdict a total victory for the sport. “If you look at the procedure only once, it looks ugly and the court’s decision can be surprising. But the district court did a thorough analysis, saw it slowly, and had it analyzed by people who are professionals.

Although we are happy with the verdict, we are very saddened by what happened to Paillem. But it is not uncommon for hockey players to be forced to retire after repeated concussions, ” said Smedberg.

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