Cheerleader Who Suffered Concussion Sues School District

A former high school cheerleader in Michigan has sued Clarkston Community Schools in that state, alleging that the school district and some of its employees were negligent when they failed to prevent an accident, which resulted in a concussion.   In the fall of 2008, Lindsey Friend was a member of the Clarkston Junior Varsity Cheerleading Team. Only a ninth grader, Friend was participating in a practice on Sept. 29, 2008 when she fell to the ground “with great force and violence and suffe