California Appeals Court Upholds Ruling in Favor of School District in Concussion Case

A panel of judges in a California appeals court has affirmed a jury verdict in favor of Erik Even Daarstad (a coach) and the Murrieta Valley Unified School District that their collective negligence was “not a substantial factor in causing harm” to a football player, who was playing without a helmet in a football physical education (P.E.) class in the off-season.   At the time of the collision, plaintiff William Casey Aspinall was participating in a multi-day, seven-on-seven, touch-footb