High Court: District Not Liable for Student-Athlete’s Brain Injury

The Supreme Court of Nebraska has affirmed a lower court’s finding that a high school coaching staff acted appropriately after a football player suffered a head injury and that the school district should not be held liable for the more serious brain injury the player suffered in a practice four days later.   The plaintiff, Brent Cerny, was a student-athlete on the Cedar Bluff High School football team. In the fall of 1995, while playing in a game, Cerny struck his head on the ground, caus