Judge Awards More Than $1 Million in Damages in Concussion Case Involving Softball Player

After a five-day bench trial, a federal judge from the District of Massachusetts has awarded more than $1 million in damages to a teenager and his parents after the teenager suffered a traumatic brain injury while playing in “an informal” softball game at a "Family Day" event organized by the U.S. Army National Guard.   The case was successfully prosecuted against the Federal Government, pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA).   The plaintiffs in the case were the Woolf fam