Settlement Reached in California Concussion Case

By Ellen Rugeley   A San Diego area school district has agreed to pay $4.4 million to former Mission Hills High School (MHHS) senior linebacker Scott Eveland, who suffered a head injury during a football game. MHHS is located in San Marcos, a town 30 miles north of San Diego.   Eveland, 22, collapsed on the sidelines in the first half of a high school football game on September 14, 2007. He was then rushed to the hospital where doctors removed part of his skull in order to save his lif