A Utah woman who was injured while volunteering at an event at Utah Olympic Park has settled a lawsuit with the U.S. Bobsled and Skeleton Federation, Inc., and the Utah Skeleton and Bobsled Association.

While she was helping remove an athlete and sled from the bobsled and skeleton track, Holly Ball, the plaintiff in the case, claimed race officials gave another competitor clearance to proceed “without giving warning to others on the track.”

“As a result of the track not being cleared and warning given to those helping at the track, [Ball] was struck in her leg at a very high rate of speed,” according to a complaint filed in 3rd District Court.

The accident occurred in November 2007.

According to the lawsuit, Ball suffered injuries to her legs, head, neck, back and shoulders.

But the lawyer who represented the U.S. Bobsled and Skeleton Federation and Utah Skeleton and Bobsled Association said her clients were not responsible for Ball’s injuries.

“Ms. Ball certainly was injured and she was significantly injured. But from all accounts it was not the responsibility or the liability of the U.S. bobsled federation or U.S. bobsled association,” attorney Ruth Shapiro said.

She said she could not discuss the terms of the settlement in detail.

“It is a nominal settlement based on a strict economic decision determined by the cost of defending a lawsuit we thought had no merit,” Shapiro said in a telephone interview. “It would have cost more to defend it than to resolve it in the way that we did.”

According to the lawsuit, Ball is a bobsled athlete and member of the U.S. Bobsled and Skeleton Federation and Utah Skeleton and Bobsled Association.

Ball claimed that race officials failed to “follow track protocols” and “properly train and monitor” those staffing the event.

In a separate case, Ball sued the Utah Athletic Foundation, which operates the Utah Olympic Park in the Snyderville Basin.

Shapiro said Ball settled her claim with the Utah Athletic Foundation more than a year ago.

“I don’t think her lawsuit against the other defendant, which settled about a year and a half ago, was frivolous,” Shapiro said.

But the terms of the first settlement were also kept confidential, according to Shapiro.

An attorney who represented Ball was not available for comment.