Federal Court Dismisses Student Athlete’s Lawsuit against Ex-Auburn Trainer

A federal judge in Alabama has dismissed the claim of a former Auburn University football player, who sued a former trainer at the school for allegedly mismanaging his rehabilitation plan.   Central to U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson’s ruling, which came one week before a scheduled jury trial, was that there was no direct evidence that the trainer, Arnold Gamber, ordered plaintiff Chaz Ramsey to perform the exercises that would lead to his back injury, or that there was a “chain of c