By Ed Edmonds On March 24, 2017, a jury in the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court ruled in favor of the Cleveland Indians in a lawsuit brought by Keith Rawlins over injuries he sustained when he was hit by a line drive foul ball in the ninth inning of the July...
A federal judge from the District of Columbia has ruled that some claims made by a former American University (AU) student-athlete, centered on the improper handling of a 2011 field hockey-related concussion in September 2011, can continue against a group of...
By Shawn Schatzle, Esq. of Havkins, Rosenfeld, Ritzert & Varriale, LLP On January 11, 2014, Seth Griffith went to an indoor trampoline park in Meridian, Idaho. He was seventeen years-old at the time and was accompanied by his girlfriend and her younger...
By Matthew Phillip, of Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP Concussion in contact sport is a high-profile issue. There is now a much better understanding of the potentially severe long term physical and financial harm that head injuries can cause. Recent developments...
By Paul Anderson, of The Klamann Law Firm As the NCAA tries to fend off a tidal wave of litigation, its legal defense is quickly eroding. In the latest blow to the NCAA, a trial court in Pennsylvania ruled that the NCAA must face a trial over its alleged...
A “talented young goalkeeper” has sued Major League Soccer, D.C. United, and its coach, claiming, among other things, that the team had him practice, despite knowing that he had suffered a concussion during a physical altercation with another player. Plaintiff...
The California Supreme Court has affirmed that a plaintiff waited too long to file a negligence claim against a school district in a case in which he alleged that the high school allowed him, after suffering a concussion, “to participate” in “full-contact football...
By Christopher Calnan A longstanding law has protected professional baseball from litigious injured fans, but teams are increasingly taking measures to guard against the unsavory optics produced by errant balls and bats. The so-called Baseball Rule...
By Eugene Egdorf of Shrader & Associates On March 7, 2017, Harvard Law School held its annual Sports Symposium. This year’s topic was entitled “Legal & Ethical Issues Affecting NFL Player Safety.” The event included the most well-...
A Pennsylvania state appeals court has reversed a trial court, and given new life to the claims of two student-athletes, who sued their coaches and their college after suffering head and spinal injuries during football practice. In so ruling, the panel of...
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a lower court’s ruling that high school employees acted appropriately when they allowed a high school football player, who had suffered a head injury in June 2011, to participate in football in fall 2011, leading to a...
A former Pennsylvania high school football player has filed a lawsuit against the West Mifflin Area School District and governing bodies of high school athletics in the state, claiming the defendants did not have the proper concussion protocols in place, and failed to...
