Abstract
Most law review articles are very serious, and with good reason. They discuss important, world-changing matters like the role and magnitude of executive power, the limits of Constitutional rights, the boundaries of international law, and the vagaries of civil procedure. This Article has no such world-changing or reverent pretentions; it instead takes a light-hearted view of a fairly marginal legal topic: arm wrestling. To provide a spine for the discussion, the Article leans heavily on the 1980s movie Over the Top – a movie about arm wrestling, trucking, and child custody - to provide examples of arm wrestling content with legal implications. As the Article develops background on the topic, it discusses types of tort liabilities likely to apply to arm wrestling, the functional import of waivers in the arm wrestling context, and the possible liabilities of third parties who host or organize arm wrestling bouts.
Recommended Citation
Thomas M. Byron,
“Meet Me Halfway”: Arm Wrestling and the Law,
4 Pace. Intell. Prop. Sports & Ent. L.F.
261
(2014).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.58948/2329-9894.1030
Available at: https://digitalcommons.pace.edu/pipself/vol4/iss1/8