It’s been more than two years since Canadian tennis star Eugenie Bouchard slipped and fell in a physical therapy room after a mixed doubles match at the U.S. Open, suffering a concussion. A determination about whether the U.S. Tennis Association was negligent...
By Eugene Egdorf, of Shrader & Associates As lawyers for folks who have suffered sports-related injuries, we are acutely aware of the risks involved in playing football. However, many young athletes are not, and coaches who should know better sometimes...
The parents of a youth, who suffered a concussion while playing football during recess, have sued Immanuel Lutheran Church and School in Batavia (Illinois), three teachers and another student and his parents in Kane County court. Plaintiffs Hasana and Rodney...
The NCAA has responded to a concussion lawsuit filed by a former water polo player at Mercyhurst University, addressing each of the six counts in a bid to have the lawsuit dismissed. Plaintiff Rachel Stock filed the lawsuit in Erie County Court (Pennsylvania),...
The Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has denied the appeal of a former high school athlete, who claimed that after he suffered multiple concussions that the school district failed to provide appropriate academic accommodations. In so ruling, the panel found...
By Michael S. Carroll, PhD & Andrew L. Goldsmith, PhD Court-appointed representatives of former University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) football player Ryan Hoffman are suing the NCAA and the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) stating that the...
The third try was not the charm as far as the mother of a concussed son suing the Giddings (Texas) Independent School District was concerned. A federal judge from the Western District of Texas dismissed plaintiff Jessica Ryburn’s third amended complaint, with...
By Joshua D. Winneker, JD and Assistant Professor, Misericordia University, and Sam C. Ehrlich, JD and Doctoral Candidate, Florida State University In November, during one of college football’s biggest annual rivalries, Ohio State University quarterback J.T....
By Jordan Azcue The family of Joshua Sanchez, a 15-year-old high school basketball player, has sued Scott Guttery, Fort Myers (Fla.) High School’s head basketball coach, and others, after Guttery committed a hard foul against Sanchez in an open gym setting,...
The family of an East St. Louis Senior High School football player has named the football coach and the school district in a lawsuit filed in St. Clair County. The personal injury lawsuit alleges the football player suffered a permanent, stroke-causing,...
By Jordan Azcue, Contributing Writer After many attempts to bring attention to harmful Fieldhouse conditions Guy Lecompte, Mandeville high school athletic director and head football coach, stepped down from his position and filed a lawsuit August 15 against St....
An Ohio state appeals has reversed a trial court and found that genuine issues of material fact existed as to whether a middle school football coach’s conduct constituted a reckless disregard for the safety of a plaintiff when he allegedly instructed the...
