Federal Appeals Court Sides with Coaches in Wrongful Death Case

The 11th U.S, Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a trial court, finding that three high school football coaches were entitled to qualified immunity in a case in which the coaches subjected the plaintiff to rigorous drills the day before he collapsed and died.   In so ruling, the court found that the actions of the coaches did not sufficiently “shock” the “conscience,” the necessary threshold for piercing the qualified immunity defense.   The event leading to the litigation o