US Tennis Association deemed mostly liable for player’s fall
NEW YORK — The United States Tennis Association on Thursday was found mostly liable for when Canadian player Eugenie Bouchard slipped on a wet locker room floor at the 2015 U.S. Open and hit her head, suffering what she said was a “serious head injury” that changed the course of her career.
A jury found Bouchard was partially at fault for what happened. It determined the USTA was 75 per cent to blame and Bouchard was 25 per cent to blame. What that means will be decided in another phase of the trial to determine damages, starting Friday.
Bouchard, 23, had just played in a mixed doubles match when she returned to the locker room at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens shortly after 10 p.m. Minutes later, she fell on the tile floor of a physiotherapy room inside the locker room.
She sued the USTA for unspecified damages.