Family Seeks Upward of $20 Million in Wake of Defendants’ Alleged Failure to Follow Concussion Protocol

The family of a high school football player in Cascade County, Montana has sued a group of defendants—including the school district, its insurers, the employer of an athletic trainer, and multiple individual defendants—after the player was inserted into a game before he had been given medical clearance to return to play from a concussion he had suffered a week earlier.   Robert Back suffered a head injury during a football game on September 5, 2014. Back was taken to the Benefis Health