May 1, 2015
The Texas Supreme Court has affirmed a lower court and found that Texas’ recreational use statute, which provides immunity from liability for ordinary negligence to landowners and occupants who open their property for certain enumerated public recreational purposes,...
Jan 23, 2015
A former high school football player, who allegedly suffered at least two concussions while playing football for Medina (Ohio) High School, has sued the school district and two of the school’s coaches in Medina County Common Pleas Court, claiming they pressured him to...
Sep 19, 2014
A federal judge from the Middle District of Pennsylvania has denied a motion to dismiss filed by a school district and some of its coaches, who were sued for their handling of a student athlete’s concussion. The plaintiff in the case was Sheldon Mann. Mann was...
Feb 22, 2013
By Charles F. Gfeller and Heather L. McCoy A high school football player gets his “bell rung” in a big game. Though he exhibits some telltale signs of a possible concussion — dizziness, confusion, grogginess — his coach puts him back in the game after he...
Nov 30, 2012
A federal judge from the Eastern District of Texas has dismissed the lawsuit of a former high school student athlete, who, representing himself, had sued the school he attended, claiming that he “suffers from a chronic condition” because of a concussion he received...
Oct 5, 2012
A New Jersey state appeals court has affirmed a lower court’s summary judgment ruling against a woman who slipped and fell down an embankment as she tried to get to a concession stand during a youth football game. In ruling for defendants Township of...
Oct 5, 2012
A New Jersey state appeals court has affirmed a lower court’s summary judgment ruling against a woman who slipped and fell down an embankment as she tried to get to a concession stand during a youth football game. In ruling for defendants Township of...
Apr 6, 2012
By Christian Dennie Following his termination by Texas Tech University (“Tech”), Coach Mike Leach (“Leach”), former head football coach at Tech, filed suit in Lubbock County, Texas seeking payment for amounts due and owing under his contract and Tech defended...
Feb 24, 2012
A federal judge from the Northern District of California has effectively dismissed the claim of a coach, who alleged that the Redwoods Community College District (RCCD) and its employees conspired to fraudulently deprive him of wages “it legally owed” him when it paid...
Jun 17, 2011
An Oklahoma state appeals court has reversed a lower court, which erred when it extended governmental immunity to a school district after it was sued because of an accident in a weightlifting class. In essence, the school district is only entitled to such...
Mar 25, 2011
A Texas state appeals court dealt a blow to former Texas Tech University Head Football Coach Mike Leach earlier this year when it dismissed the coach’s breach of contract claim against the school because Texas Tech is shielded by the doctrine of sovereign...
Mar 25, 2011
A Texas state appeals court dealt a blow to former Texas Tech University Head Football Coach Mike Leach earlier this year when it dismissed the coach’s breach of contract claim against the school because Texas Tech is shielded by the doctrine of sovereign...
