Judge Forces Towson University to Allow Player Who Had Liver Transplant to Return to Football Team

A federal judge from the District of Maryland permanently enjoined Towson University (Towson) from preventing a student athlete from participating on the football team after the player made a near-miraculous comeback from a heat stroke he suffered two years earlier on the practice field.   The court’s decision was made pursuant to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act.   On August 12, 2013, plaintiff Gavin Class collapsed on the field while pra