Concussed High School Football Player Reaches $31 Million Settlement with School District

A former Corona del Mar (California) High School freshman football player has reached a $31 million settlement against Newport-Mesa Unified School District over the traumatic brain injury he suffered and subsequent complications during a 2021 practice. Plaintiff Emanuel “Manny” Garcia was represented by Brian Panish, Jesse Creed, and Hunter Norton of Panish Shea Ravipudi. At the heart of the plaintiff’s complaint was his attorneys’ contention that the district was negligent in the