Florida Supreme Court to Hear Plancher Case and Arguments about Granting Immunity to Athletic Associations

The Florida Supreme Court has agreed to consider arguments in the ongoing litigation between the family of Ereck Plancher and the University of Central Florida Athletics Association (UCFAA). Plancher collapsed and died in March of 2008, after participating in an offseason workout supervised by the University of Central Florida (UCF) coaching staff.   In the months after his death, it was determined that the 19-year-old carried the sickle-cell trait, a condition that could have contributed t