Female Football Player’s Claim Can Continue After Mixed Ruling

Sep 11, 2009

A federal judge from the Western District of Wisconsin has rebuffed a school district in a bid for a summary judgment ruling in a case in which a female student athlete competing on a high school football team was injured after she was allowed to practice without pads.   While the court allowed the negligence portion of plaintiff Ivyanne Elborough’s claim to continue, it dismissed her claim as it related to Title IX, since the plaintiff “failed to show that the district had adequate not
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