Appeals Court Affirms Dismissal of Soccer Player’s Concussion Lawsuit Based on Assumption of Risk

A New York state appeals court has affirmed the ruling of a trial court and found that a college student-athlete, who sued for negligence after suffering a concussion, assumed the risk of injury.   The impetus for the lawsuit occurred on September 26, 2012 when the plaintiff, then a student-athlete at the defendant Molloy College, was playing for Molloy College in a soccer match on the campus of Holy Family University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.   The plaintiff allegedly sustained a