Preemption Saves NHL from Head Trauma Claims

By Tony Corleto, of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP  (The following appeared in Concussion Defense Reporter, a publication produced by Hackney Publications.) What is federal preemption?  In the legal world, federal preemption is a doctrine based on the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution that allows federal laws to supersede conflicting state laws.  Courts determine whether a federal law preempts a conflicting state law by generally analyzing the express language in