Magistrate Judge Recommends Dismissal of Claim Against Coach Who Ordered Players to Strike Referee, Leading to Concussion

A magistrate judge from the Western District of Texas has recommended that a football referee’s claim that a coach, in his individual capacity, was responsible for a concussion and other injuries he suffered when the coach’s players blindsided him in a high school game be dismissed with prejudice.   In so ruling, the judge concluded that the coach, Mack Edward Breed, was entitled qualified immunity.   The recommendation could put an end to an ugly incident that drew national headli