Boogaard v. National Hockey League

In wrongful death action by plaintiffs-representatives of their son-NHL hockey player who died after overdose of opioids, alleging that defendant-hockey league breached its duty under players’ collective bargaining agreement to monitor and curb son’s drug addiction when administering its substance abuse program, Dist. Ct. did not err in dismissing said action, where plaintiffs failed to file response to portion of defendant’s motion to dismiss. Defendant asserted, among other things, in motion to dismiss that plaintiffs had failed to state viable cause of action, and record showed that while plaintiffs had addressed certain aspects of instant motion to dismiss, they had failed to address contention that complaint failed to state viable cause of action. As such,