Family of Student Athlete Sues University of Mississippi

The family of an Ole Miss football player, who died after an offseason workout, has served the University with a Notice of Claim, which is a statutory prerequisite to filing a lawsuit against a public entity in Mississippi.   Bennie Abram, a walk-on junior defensive back, was participating in the first day of spring practice on Feb. 19, 2010, when he collapsed. Allegedly, athletic trainers treated him on the field before he was taken to Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, Miss. He was rep