Federal Judge Sides With Concussion Plaintiff, Denying NCAA’s Motion to Dismiss

A federal judge from the Northern District of Illinois has denied the NCAA’s motion to dismiss a concussion lawsuit brought by a former football player at Weber State University (WSU) and other similarly situated student-athletes at WSU. However, it did grant the Big Sky Conference’s motion to dismiss on jurisdictional grounds.   Lead plaintiff Eric Weston played defensive end for WSU in Utah from 1996 to 1997. In that role, he alleged that he sustained repetitive concussive and subconc