Court Allows Former Bobsledding Athletes To Continue Racing Down The Track In CTE Lawsuit Against US Federation

By Kaspar Kielland, Esq.  Former USA Bobsled and Skeleton Federation (“USABS”) members received a recent win in the “sled head / CTE / failure to warn” lawsuit against the USABS. The Los Angeles Superior Court denied USABS’s motion to dismiss a former member of the US Bobsled Olympic Team’s proposed class action against the association. The proposed class action was commenced in September 2021 by William Person, who was a member of the US Olympic team between 1999 and 2007