Family of Concussed Football Player Sues School District

The family of a high school football player, who died a few days after sustaining a head injury in a helmet to helmet collision in a game, has filed a notice of claim against the Westfield Academy and Central School (NY). A notice of claim is not a lawsuit, but signals an intent to sue and preserves the right to sue as time passes.   Sixteen-year-old Damon Janes suffered the injury in the third quarter of a September 13 game and then staggered to the sideline, where he collapsed and never r