Court: Concussed Plaintiff Must Exhaust Administrative Remedies Before Making Accommodation Claim

A federal judge from the Western District of Pennsylvania dismissed a lawsuit from a high school football player, alleging that a school district did not do enough to accommodate him after he suffered multiple concussions.   The court will allow Robert Wellman, Jr. to refile his complaint, but only after he exhausts the administrative remedies that are at his disposal.   As a freshman at Butler Area High School in Butler, Pennsylvania, Wellman suffered a concussion on August 31, 2009,