Court Rules for NCAA and American University in Concussion Case Involving Field Hockey Player

A federal judge from the District of Columbia has granted the summary judgment motions of the NCAA and American University (AU) in a case in which one of the school’s student athletes claimed the two aforementioned defendants, and other defendants, were negligent in their handling of a field hockey-related concussion she suffered in September 2011.   In the same opinion, the court denied the U.S. Federal Government’s motion for summary judgment.   By way of background, plaintiff Je