Time Runs Out on Injured Football Player

Jan 13, 2005

A North Carolina state appeals court has affirmed the dismissal of a student-athlete's negligence claim against a Diocese, a high school and several school officials, finding that the plaintiff had not made any allegations that would toll the applicable statute of limitations.   Marcus J. DePalma, a football player at Cardinal Gibbons High School in Raleigh, injured his knee and ankle in an October 15, 1999 game. DePalma sued on May 31, 2003, claiming that the school failed to inform him of
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