Boogeyman’s Posthumous Distinction

By Jon Heshka — Associate Professor of Law at Thompson Rivers University & Kris Lines — Senior Lecturer at Staffordshire University   The Boogeyman will be remembered for many things — his capacity to strike fear into the hearts of opponents with his fists on the ice amongst them — but added to Derek Boogaard’s list will be the [posthumous] distinction of being the first plaintiff to file suit against the NHL alleging wrongful death due in part to concussions sustained while playi