By Anthony B. Corleto and Philip Robert Brinson, of Gordon & Rees By unanimous opinion, a Ninth Circuit panel affirmed summary judgment against chronic traumatic encephalopathy (“CTE”) wrongful death claims brought by the estates of two young men....
A federal judge from the District of New Mexico has partially denied the NCAA’s, University of New Mexico’s, and former head coach Robert Davie’s motions to dismiss in a case involving a UNM Lobos football player, Nahje Flowers, who committed suicide...
A federal judge from the Eastern District of Missouri has allowed the spouse of a former NFL football player, Donnell K. Baker (Baker), to continue to bring her concussion claim, which alleges that defendants National Football League Inc./Enterprises (NFL) and Los...
The Indiana Supreme Court will entertain a discovery argument in a concussion case – National Collegiate Athletic Association v. Jennifer Finnerty, et al., 21S-CT-409 – in which the NCAA sought to keep its executives from sitting for depositions in the...
By John T. Wendt, J.D., M.A. Grant Brace was a very good high school wrestler and football player in Alcoa, Tennessee. He went on to wrestle at the University of Cumberlands in Kentucky. In August of 2020, Grant’s third year, the wrestling team began...
The NCAA is being forced to play defense again after a former University of Minnesota (UM) offensive lineman filed suit against the association, as well as the Big Ten conference and the school, claiming that the defendants’ negligence contributed to multiple...
The NCAA may be losing court cases on multiple fronts, but when it comes to concussion litigation, the association appears to be holding its own. Most recently, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court refused to reconsider a lawsuit brought by a former college football player,...
By: Jeff Birren, Senior Writer Donnell Baker was briefly in the NFL in 1996 and 1997. He signed with three different teams but never played in a regular-season game. He passed away in February 2020. Since that time, his widow has filed not one, or...
By Jacqueline Borrelli, Kacie Kergides, and Dylan Henry, of Montgomery McCracken (The following appeared in Sports Medicine and the Law, a publication that is available on a complimentary bases at the site.) On June 28, 2018, Simone Pryce and her husband sued New York...
By Gil Fried, Esq., of University of West Florida The parents of a toddler who was hit by a foul ball during a May 29, 2019 Houston Astros game, fracturing her skull, have recently reached a settlement with the team. The child, who was two years-old at the time,...
By Joseph J. Wadland On March 14, 1970, Richard Atkinson, a sophomore at Bates College in Lewiston ME, lost his footing during an intramural basketball game and slammed into an unpadded brick wall. He died the next day from head injuries.[1] Bryant Gumbel, the then...
By John E. Tyrrell; Patrick J. McStravick and Kelly J. Woy, of Ricci Tyrrell Johnson & Grey As folks head back to the gym as the COVID-19 pandemic subsides, we are reminded that injuries can occur, even under the supervision of a personal trainer. Through a...
