Sep 10, 2021 | Negligence
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...
Sep 10, 2021 | Negligence
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...
Sep 10, 2021 | Negligence
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,...
Aug 27, 2021 | Negligence
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...
Aug 27, 2021 | Negligence
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...
Aug 27, 2021 | Assumption of Risk, Negligence
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,...
Aug 27, 2021 | Negligence
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...
Jul 30, 2021 | Negligence
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...
Jul 30, 2021 | Negligence
By Lorraine M. Girolamo, of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP (The following appeared in Concussion Defense Reporter. Subscriptions are available on a complimentary basis at Concussion Defense Reporter.) When we think of Section 1983 lawsuits, although they can...
Jul 30, 2021 | Negligence
A magistrate judge from the Eastern District of Texas has dismissed the claim of a Galveston, Texas couple has sued the Santa Fe Independent School District and several school officials in the Southern District of Texas, alleging that they violated the civil rights of...
Jul 30, 2021 | Negligence
By Jon Heshka, Associate Professor at Thompson Rivers University On May 22, 2021, 21 ultramarathoners died in the world’s single largest mass casualty incident during a race. It occurred in the Yellow River Stone Forest Park near Baiyin, a city in China’s Gansu...
Jul 16, 2021 | Negligence
A Harris County (Texas) District Judge has granted a joint motion to dismiss with prejudice a lawsuit brought by Paramedic Brian Cariota, who was working in the dugout of the Houston Astros’ post-season game at Minute Maid Park against the New York Yankees in October...
