Jury Hands Another Loss to NCAA in a Concussion Case

By Holt Hackney A Dallas County jury has ordered the NCAA to pay $140 million to the family of former Southern Methodist University football player John Thomas “J.T.” Davis, concluding that the organization was negligent in failing to warn him about the long-term neurological risks associated with repetitive head trauma during his college football career in the 1950s. The verdict, which includes $30 million in compensatory damages and $110 million in punitive damages, marks one of the most s