Second Impact Syndrome Case Involving Ryne Dougherty Is Settled

A local board of education in New Jersey has reached a $2.8 million settlement with the family of a high school football player, who died shortly after suffering a concussion —his second in a little over three weeks —in a junior varsity football game. The settlement came as lawyers were preparing to pick jurors for a trial to be held in Essex County Superior Court.   Ryne Dougherty, a junior linebacker on the Montclair High School football team, suffered a concussion during practice on