Riddell, Inc. and its legal team are apparently fed up. That was evident when the helmet maker responded to the latest concussion lawsuit, this one filed January 31 by the Fort Worth law firm Circelli, Walter & Young, PLLC, which hopes that its complaint...
By Cory A. DeCresenza, of Goldberg Segalla DeMeco Ryans, a standout linebacker for the University of Alabama and former Houston Texan and Philadelphia Eagle, recently brought suit against the National Football League, his former team, and multiple entities...
A federal judge from the Southern District of West Virginia has denied Riddell, Inc.’s motion to dismiss the second amended complaint filed by a non-profit youth football organization, which claimed that the helmet maker violated the West Virginia Consumer Credit and...
A federal judge from the Central District of California has granted a motion to dismiss filed by Riddell, Inc. and another defendant in a case in which they were sued by the parent of a high school football player, who died as a result of the head injury he sustained...
A California private school has sued artificial turf maker FieldTurf, claiming it knowingly installed a defective product. Plaintiff Crystal Springs Uplands School (CSUS) is seeking approximately $300,000 in its lawsuit, which would just about cover the cost of...
Ten years ago, the concussion issue was a modest blip in the sports industry, hardly the crisis that it is today. Will the issue around cancer and synthetic turf fields follow a similar course? The Environment and Human Health, Inc. (EHHI), an...
A federal judge from the Southern District of West Virginia extended the life of a claim brought by a youth football league, which alleged that Riddell, Inc. violated the West Virginia Consumer Credit and Protection Act (WVCCPA) when it allegedly made knowingly false...
A federal judge from the Southern District of Indiana delivered a partial victory to Riddell, Inc., which was sued by a group of plaintiffs, who claimed that Riddell’s helmets had a design defect and that the company was negligent because of a failure to warn about...
An appeals court in the District of Columbia has affirmed a jury’s decision in a products liability case, which found Wilson Sporting Goods liable for the concussion suffered by a baseball umpire. In so ruling, the panel of judges disagreed with Wilson’s...
Riddell has prevailed in a week-long trial as a jury in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi unanimously ruled in favor of a football helmet manufacturer in a case that challenged the protective qualities of Riddell’s football...
The Sacramento Kings have announced “a very positive settlement” from Ledraplastic, M-F Athletics DBA, Perform Better and Ball Dynamics regarding the Gymnic fit ball failure on October 9, 2009, which resulted in significant injuries to Kings swingman Francisco Garcia....
The Sacramento Kings have announced “a very positive settlement” from Ledraplastic, M-F Athletics DBA, Perform Better and Ball Dynamics regarding the Gymnic fit ball failure on October 9, 2009, which resulted in significant injuries to Kings swingman Francisco Garcia....
