Freak accidents can happen on the pickleball court, which is what happened when one state judge barreled into a concrete wall that was close to the boundary lines of the pickleball court at a town’s senior center, breaking his neck and ribs. The judge sued the town and his instructor for negligence, which has now been settled. The takeaway for facilities and instructors may be to beware of minimum required buffer zones between boundary lines and any concrete walls, and be sure to add pads to any hard walls near the court.