Nike Could Be Liable for Duke Player’s Knee Injury (1)

Duke basketball forward Zion Williamson may have a case against Nike Inc. after he sprained his knee in a game against North Carolina Feb. 20, a plaintiffs’ lawyer tells Bloomberg Law.

The star freshman forward slipped and fell less than a minute into the game, ripping the length of his Nike shoe sole in the process. The Blue Devils eventually lost the contest 88-72.

The catastrophic failure of the shoe has all the earmarks of a product liability case, Paul Edelstein, of The Edelsteins Faegenburg & Brown in New York said Feb. 21

“This would be a classic product liability ...