Athlete’s Negligence Claim Against Coach Falls Because Injury Was Unforeseen

A California appeals court has affirmed a grant of summary judgment to a football coach in a case where a player sued the coach for negligence after he suffered a debilitating head injury in a football game.   Critical to the court’s finding was that the player exhibited no outward signs of a head injury and did not inform the coach of his head injury prior to being reinserted into the game. Thus, both the trial and appellate court concluded that the plaintiff was subject to the assumptio