Court Declines to Disturb Ruling in Football Helmet Case

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a district court’s entry of a take-nothing judgment after a jury ruled for a helmet manufacturer in a products liability case.   Plaintiff Jeremy Green was a student and football player at Levelland High School. During a scrimmage with an opposing team, Green tackled a player and suffered a severe burst-fracture of one of his neck vertebra that tragically resulted in quadriplegia.   Green sued Schutt Sports Manufacturing Co., the man