Challenge around Causation Trips Up Plaintiff in Concussion Action Against BRG and Riddell

A federal judge from the Northern District of Illinois temporarily dismissed the complaint of three former high school football players, who sued two companies that design, manufacture, and sell football helmets, alleging that their defective designs, inadequate warnings, and negligence caused the players to suffer concussions and other injuries.   The court — adopting some of the blame because it asked the plaintiffs to create a “master complaint” instead of individual complaints to