Former Canadian Football Player Has a Hard Road to Hoe in Concussion Lawsuit

Sep 5, 2014

By Jon Heshka, Associate Dean of Law at Thompson Rivers University (British Columbia, Canada)   Canadian football has finally seen its first concussion lawsuit. Filed in the Supreme Court of British Columbia in July 2014, former professional football player Arland Bruce has sued the commissioner of the Canadian Football League (CFL), all nine teams in the CFL, an internationally renowned doctor who specializes in sports concussions, a medical centre which employs the doctor, and the preside
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